Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS

(b. 31 August 1720 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1770 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS was born 31 August 1720 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS was the child of Joseph THOMAS OUILEM and Angélique VERONNEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Denis VERONNEAU and Catherine GUERTIN

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Joseph married Madeleine SEGUIN 21 February 1746 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Madeleine SEGUIN was born 29 November 1719 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Madeleine died 24 February 1792 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Madeleine was the child of Simon SÉGUIN and Madeleine Deborah COLE.

Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS died 12 February 1770 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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 OUILEM dit THOMAS married

Madeleine SEGUIN-- Date: 21 February 1746 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Madeleine SEGUIN was the child of Simon SÉGUIN and Madeleine Deborah COLE

Children of Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS and Madeleine SEGUIN:

François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) (b.29 August 1749, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 29 July 1827, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte SEDINOT 23 July 1792 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Pierre WILLIAM dit THOMAS (b.21 April 1757, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 29 April 1818, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite CHAUVIN 2 October 1775 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis WILLIAM dit THOMAS (b.abt. 1761, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Catherine TRUCHON 25 September 1780 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1720 Birth
31 August 1720
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Joseph OUILEM dit THOMAS and Madeleine SEGUIN 21 February 1746, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 25 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
François WILLIAM dit THOMAS (OUILEM) was born 29 August 1749, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 29 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Pierre WILLIAM dit THOMAS was born 21 April 1757, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Joseph was 36 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.