Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ

(b. 5 October 1767 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 September 1833 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Lower Canada )

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Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ was born 5 October 1767 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ was the child of Jacques DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ and Josephte HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) dite LAFERRIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ and Marie-Charlotte BRISSET (maternal) François HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) dit LAFERRIÈRE and Geneviève DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Vital married Thérèse RHEAULT 17 July 1797 in Champlain, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Thérèse RHEAULT was born abt. 1776 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Thérèse died 29 August 1841 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Thérèse was the child of Alexis RHEAULT dit MORAINVILLE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT.

Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ died 4 September 1833 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, 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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Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ married

Thérèse RHEAULT-- Date: 17 July 1797 Place: Champlain, Lower Canada
Thérèse RHEAULT was the child of Alexis RHEAULT dit MORAINVILLE and Marie-Anne PERRAULT

Children of Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ and Thérèse RHEAULT:

Marie DUTEAU dite GRANDPRÉ (b.abt. 1798, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 November 1875, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre CASAUBON dit DIDIER 12 August 1823 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Augustin DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ (b.28 July 1807, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 8 April 1878, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Liberee DESORCY 26 January 1847 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1767 Birth
5 October 1767
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Vital DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ and Thérèse RHEAULT 17 July 1797 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 29 years old.

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

1807 Birth of Child
Augustin DUTEAU dit GRANDPRÉ was born 28 July 1807, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Vital was 39 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage of Child
Marie DUTEAU dite GRANDPRÉ married 12 August 1823, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Pierre CASAUBON dit DIDIER

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England