Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE

(b. 24 June 1718 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 3 November 1788 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE was born 24 June 1718 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE was the child of Marc PHILIE dit LAVIGNE and Catherine BRUNEL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques BRUNEL and Suzanne BERTAULT

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Jean-Baptiste married Catherine GUERIN 14 November 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine GUERIN was born 2 November 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Catherine died 21 April 1777 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Catherine was the child of Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE.

Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE died 3 November 1788 in Varennes, Province of Québec, 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 PHILIE dit LAVIGNE married

Catherine GUERIN-- Date: 14 November 1740 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Catherine GUERIN was the child of Antoine GUÉRIN dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Catherine DARDENNE

Children of Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE and Catherine GUERIN:

Marie PHILIE dite LAVIGNE (b.26 September 1745, Varennes, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1828, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph MORIN 12 July 1766 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1718 Birth
24 June 1718
Varennes, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PHILIE dit LAVIGNE and Catherine GUERIN 14 November 1740, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 22 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie PHILIE dite LAVIGNE was born 26 September 1745, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

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

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie PHILIE dite LAVIGNE married 12 July 1766, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Joseph MORIN

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.