Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS

(b. 23 September 1769 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 July 1793 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS was born 23 September 1769 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS was the child of Antoine DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Marie-Anne BRISSETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Geneviève BREILLARD (maternal) Joseph BRISSET (BRISSETTE) and Marie-Anne DELAGE dite LAVIGUEUR

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Joseph married Archange-Angelique BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE 17 January 1791 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Archange-Angelique BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE was born 20 October 1773 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Archange-Angelique was the child of Augustin BRODEUR and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET.

Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS died 11 July 1793 in Varennes, 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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Archange-Angelique BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE-- Date: 17 January 1791 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Archange-Angelique BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE was the child of Augustin BRODEUR and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET

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1769 Birth
23 September 1769
Varennes, 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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Archange-Angelique BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE 17 January 1791, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 21 years old.