Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE

(b. abt. 1758 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 September 1817 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada )

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Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE was born abt. 1758 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE was the child of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Geneviève MIGNAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-François PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Anne OUELLET (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MIGNAULT dit LABRIE and Marie-Anne DUBE

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Joseph married Marie-Louise DUVAL 31 January 1780 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Louise DUVAL was born abt. 1753 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Louise died 22 August 1846 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis DUVAL and Marie-Anne FOURNIER.

Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE died 1 September 1817 in La Pocatière, 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 PINEL dit LAFRANCE married

Marie-Louise DUVAL-- Date: 31 January 1780 Place: La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise DUVAL was the child of Louis DUVAL and Marie-Anne FOURNIER

Children of Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Louise DUVAL:

Isaac PINEL dit LAFRANCE (b.18 March 1789, La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 June 1832, La Pocatière, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne BOUCHER 22 November 1813 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE (b.24 February 1794, La Pocatière, Lower Canada d. 23 November 1868, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada )
m. Angele SIROIS dite DUPLESSIS 20 October 1818 in La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Joseph PINEL dit LAFRANCE and Marie-Louise DUVAL 31 January 1780, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Birth of Child
Isaac PINEL dit LAFRANCE was born 18 March 1789, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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

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

1794 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PINEL dit LAFRANCE was born 24 February 1794, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Isaac PINEL dit LAFRANCE married 22 November 1813, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere) to Marie-Anne BOUCHER