Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY

(b. 29 April 1763 , Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 June 1832 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY was born 29 April 1763 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY was the child of Prudent VINET and Françoise DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François VINET and Marie-Françoise JANOT dite LACHAPELLE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Françoise LEFEBVRE dite ST-JEAN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE 2 August 1784 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE was born 18 August 1765 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Marguerite died 1 November 1810 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE and Francoise GERVAIS.

Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY died 14 June 1832 in Lachenaie, 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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Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY married

Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE-- Date: 2 August 1784 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada*
Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANGLOIS dit LACHAPELLE and Francoise GERVAIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY and Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE:

Victoire VINET dite SOULIGNY (b.29 July 1791, Laval, Lower Canada d. 27 February 1878, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada)
m. Pierre ETHIER 4 February 1828 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

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1763 Birth
29 April 1763
Longue-Pointe, Montréal, 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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste VINET dit SOULIGNY and Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE 2 August 1784, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 21 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Victoire VINET dite SOULIGNY was born 29 July 1791, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

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

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

1810 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Marguerite LANGLOIS dite LACHAPELLE died 1 November 1810, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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