Joseph-Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE

(b. 17 December 1785 , Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 July 1832 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE was born 17 December 1785 in Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph-Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE was the child of Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE and Euphronsine CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE and Jeanne GRIAULT dite LARIVIERE (maternal) Louis-Claude CARON and Marguerite-Ursule TONDREAU

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Joseph-Etienne married Marie-Josephte BOUSQUET 18 May 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephte BOUSQUET was born 3 May 1775 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Josephte died 29 March 1847 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER.

Joseph-Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE died 27 July 1832 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Marie-Josephte BOUSQUET-- Date: 18 May 1810 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte BOUSQUET was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER

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1785 Birth
17 December 1785
Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1810 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Etienne LAURENT dit LASSONDE and Marie-Josephte BOUSQUET 18 May 1810, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 24 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