Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

(b. 6 April 1771 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE was born 6 April 1771 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE was the child of Joseph-Marie PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Marie-Louise CHARRON dite DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Charlotte ALLAIRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHARRON and Josephte MALARD dite LAVERDURE

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Catherine married Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 5 October 1789 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was born abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Louis died 11 January 1850 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Louis was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN.

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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Family and Children of Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE

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Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE married

Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE-- Date: 5 October 1789 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN

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Children of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE:

Marie-Louise FONTAINE (b.20 July 1790, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste PION dit FONTAINE (b.abt. 1791, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Judith FONTAINE dite PION (b.22 February 1793, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1853, Contrecœur, Canada East )

Marie FONTAINE (b.3 August 1796, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 13 March 1879, Beloeil, Québec, Canada )

Francois-Xavier FONTAINE (b.1 August 1798, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. , )

Lambert FONTAINE (b.14 February 1801, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Rose FONTAINE (b.17 October 1802, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 9 January 1889, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada )

Charlotte FONTAINE (b.15 July 1804, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 2 October 1807, Beloeil, Lower Canada )

Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION (b.31 August 1807, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 7 June 1834, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )

Guillaume FONTAINE (b.21 September 1809, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 27 March 1810, Beloeil, Lower Canada )

Jerome FONTAINE (b.6 January 1815, Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 1 April 1818, Beloeil, Lower Canada )

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1771 Birth
6 April 1771
Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

1789 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PAQUET dite LAVALLEE and Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE 5 October 1789 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 18 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise FONTAINE was born 20 July 1790, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 19 years old.

1793 Birth of Child
Judith FONTAINE dite PION was born 22 February 1793, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 21 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Marie FONTAINE was born 3 August 1796, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 25 years old.

1798 Birth of Child
Francois-Xavier FONTAINE was born 1 August 1798, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 27 years old.

1801 Birth of Child
Lambert FONTAINE was born 14 February 1801, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Catherine was 29 years old.

1802 Birth of Child
Marie-Rose FONTAINE was born 17 October 1802, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 31 years old.

1804 Birth of Child
Charlotte FONTAINE was born 15 July 1804, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 33 years old.

1807 Birth of Child
Suzanne FONTAINE dite PION was born 31 August 1807, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 36 years old.

1809 Birth of Child
Guillaume FONTAINE was born 21 September 1809, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 38 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Jerome FONTAINE was born 6 January 1815, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Catherine was 43 years old.

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