Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN

(b. 22 January 1732 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1800 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 22 January 1732 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL and Angélique SABOURIN dite CHAUNIERE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE and Françoise VENNE (VOYNE)

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

Joseph married Marie-Charlotte ROCH 3 May 1756 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte ROCH was born 30 October 1736 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Charlotte died 7 February 1814 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie ROCH (LAROCQUE) and Marie-Françoise LEDOUX.

Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN died 27 July 1800 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN married

Marie-Charlotte ROCH-- Date: 3 May 1756 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Marie-Charlotte ROCH was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Marie ROCH (LAROCQUE) and Marie-Françoise LEDOUX

Children of Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Charlotte ROCH:

Michel-Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN (b.29 September 1770, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth-Isabelle VIDAL dite TOUREIL 22 September 1794 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1732 Birth
22 January 1732
Chambly, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Charlotte ROCH 3 May 1756, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

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.

1770 Birth of Child
Michel-Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 29 September 1770, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 38 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)

1794 Marriage of Child
Michel-Joseph CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN married 22 September 1794, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Elisabeth-Isabelle VIDAL dite TOUREIL