Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD

(b. 27 May 1742 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 June 1796 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD was born 27 May 1742 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Madeleine JOURDAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Françoise ACHIM dite BARDET (maternal) Guillaume-Alexandre JOURDAIN and Marie-Angelique ROY

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Joseph married Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE 29 July 1765 in Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 3 November 1748 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marie-Charlotte died 17 September 1769 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE.

Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD died 24 June 1796 in Montréal, 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-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE-- Date: 29 July 1765 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE was the child of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE

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1742 Birth
27 May 1742
Montréal, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SERAT dit COQUILLARD and Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE 29 July 1765, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 23 years old.

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Charlotte ROY dite PORTELANCE died 17 September 1769, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.