Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

(b. 7 August 1762 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada d. 6 November 1812 , Repentigny, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was born 7 August 1762 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie-Marguerite GUILBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Geneviève PLANTE (maternal) Jean-Charles GUILBAULT and Barbe TOUPIN

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE 4 October 1779 in Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE was born 28 September 1766 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marguerite died 24 July 1843 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Marie GAMACHE.

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE died 6 November 1812 in Repentigny, 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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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE married

Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE-- Date: 4 October 1779 Place: Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste PILON and Marie GAMACHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE:

Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE (b.29 December 1798, Repentigny, Lower Canada d. 7 December 1852, Montréal, Canada East )
m. Nicolas ARCHAMBAULT 1 March 1824 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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1762 Birth
7 August 1762
Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada

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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marguerite PILON dite LAFORTUNE 4 October 1779, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 17 years old.

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)

1798 Birth of Child
Archange PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 29 December 1798, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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