Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER

(b. 24 March 1745 , L'Islet, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1791 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER was born 24 March 1745 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER was the child of Jacques-Louis SARCELLIER and Marie-Josephte DEVIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) René DEVIN and Marie-Anne MARTIN

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Josephte married Joseph SIMONEAU 15 February 1768 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph SIMONEAU was born 20 February 1737 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Joseph died 23 October 1793 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie-Anne VERMET dite LAFORME.

Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER died 26 January 1791 in Montmagny, 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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Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER married

Joseph SIMONEAU-- Date: 15 February 1768 Place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph SIMONEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste SIMONEAU and Marie-Anne VERMET dite LAFORME

Children of Joseph SIMONEAU and Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER:

Josephte SIMONEAU (b.25 June 1770, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 January 1855, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Francois GENDRON 18 August 1794 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1745 Birth
24 March 1745
L'Islet, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Josephte LACHAPELLE dite SARCELLIER and Joseph SIMONEAU 15 February 1768, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 22 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Josephte SIMONEAU was born 25 June 1770, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Josephte was 25 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.