Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR

(b. 17 April 1725 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 24 December 1801 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR was born 17 April 1725 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR was the child of Jacques-Philippe VETU dit BELAIRE and Marie-Anne LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LAROCHE and Marie-Madeleine LEREAU

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

Joseph-Marie married Catherine BOISSEL 27 July 1750 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Catherine BOISSEL was born 26 August 1734 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Catherine died 4 September 1774 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Catherine was the child of Charles BOISSEL and Thérèse DAUDELIN.

Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR died 24 December 1801 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, 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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Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR married

Catherine BOISSEL-- Date: 27 July 1750 Place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Catherine BOISSEL was the child of Charles BOISSEL and Thérèse DAUDELIN

Children of Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR and Catherine BOISSEL:

Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR (b.19 July 1754, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1815, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE 27 October 1777 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jacques VETU dit BELAIR (b.25 August 1756, Verchères, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1839, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT 7 April 1777 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Angelique VETU dite BELAIR (b.abt. 1764, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE 18 March 1783 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1725 Birth
17 April 1725
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Marie VETU dit BELAIR and Catherine BOISSEL 27 July 1750, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 25 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR was born 19 July 1754, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph-Marie was 29 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jacques VETU dit BELAIR was born 25 August 1756, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Joseph-Marie was 31 years old.

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.

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine BOISSEL died 4 September 1774, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Jacques VETU dit BELAIR married 7 April 1777, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Geneviève CASAVANT

1777 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VETU dit BELAIR married 27 October 1777, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Françoise LARRIVEE

1783 Marriage of Child
Angelique VETU dite BELAIR married 18 March 1783, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Pierre CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

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)

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

1801 Death
24 December 1801
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 76.

Added: 9/30/2020 10:30:36 AM - Updated: 9/14/2021 12:57:47 PM