Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU

(b. 26 July 1773 , Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 June 1841 , Rimouski, Canada East )

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Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU was born 26 July 1773 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU was the child of Charles VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Josephe GUÉRET dite DUMONT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Josephe AUBERT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Josephte LEBRETON 2 June 1794 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte LEBRETON was born 20 November 1775 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Josephte died 9 April 1803 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Josephte was the child of Noel LEBRETON and Marie-Reine DIONNE.

Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU died 18 June 1841 in Rimouski, Canada East .
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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 VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU married

Marie-Josephte LEBRETON-- Date: 2 June 1794 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Marie-Josephte LEBRETON was the child of Noel LEBRETON and Marie-Reine DIONNE

Children of Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU and Marie-Josephte LEBRETON:

Marie-Josette VAILLANCOURT (b.28 September 1796, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. abt. 1859, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Joseph THERIAULT 15 January 1816 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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1773 Birth
26 July 1773
Kamouraska, 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)

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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Joseph VAILLANCOURT dit BROUSSEAU and Marie-Josephte LEBRETON 2 June 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 20 years old.

1796 Birth of Child
Marie-Josette VAILLANCOURT was born 28 September 1796, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Joseph was 23 years old.

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

1803 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte LEBRETON died 9 April 1803, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

1816 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette VAILLANCOURT married 15 January 1816, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Joseph THERIAULT

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