Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

(b. 29 March 1711 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1740 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 29 March 1711 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Elisabeth RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie ARCHAMBAULT (maternal) Antoine RENAUD dit DESMOULINS and Élisabeth HUBERT

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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine CUSSON 5 May 1733 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Madeleine CUSSON was born 6 August 1713 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Madeleine died 8 January 1775 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Nicolas CUSSON and Marie-Françoise-Louise GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE.

Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 20 June 1740 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE married

Marie-Madeleine CUSSON-- Date: 5 May 1733 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine CUSSON was the child of Nicolas CUSSON and Marie-Françoise-Louise GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Children of Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON:

Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAVIGNE (b.1 February 1734, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie TESSIER dite LAVIGNE (b.1 September 1735, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Francois-Stanislas METHOT 30 January 1758 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE (b.abt. 1737, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine BABIN 6 February 1758 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Therese TESSIER dite LAVIGNE (b.24 May 1739, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. , )

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1711 Birth
29 March 1711
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Joseph TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Madeleine CUSSON 5 May 1733, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 22 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 1 February 1734, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph was 22 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Marie TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 1 September 1735, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Therese TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 24 May 1739, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Joseph was 28 years old.