Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE

(b. 31 January 1747 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1820 , Chambly, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE was born 31 January 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Françoise-Marie LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Marie-Louise DRUSSON (maternal) Jean LAROCHE and Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

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Jean-Francois married Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE 8 May 1769 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE was born 7 March 1749 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Louise died 15 June 1824 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Louise was the child of Noel PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne ARTEAU (ARTAULT).

Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE died 9 August 1820 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
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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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Family and Children of Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE

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Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE married

Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE-- Date: 8 May 1769 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE was the child of Noel PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne ARTEAU (ARTAULT)

Children of Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE:

Louise-Genevieve RAYMOND (b.19 August 1773, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1869, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre MENARD dit BELLEROSE 26 September 1796 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1747 Birth
31 January 1747
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Francois RAYMOND dit TOULOUSE and Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE 8 May 1769, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 22 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Louise-Genevieve RAYMOND was born 19 August 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Francois was 26 years old.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1796 Marriage of Child
Louise-Genevieve RAYMOND married 26 September 1796, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Pierre MENARD dit BELLEROSE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.