Basile VACHON dit POMERLEAU

(b. 6 July 1746 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France d. 29 July 1799 , Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Lower Canada )

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Basile VACHON dit POMERLEAU was born 6 July 1746 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

Basile VACHON dit POMERLEAU was the child of Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Marie-Jeanne BÉLANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel VACHON dit PAMERLAUX and Monique GIROUX (maternal) Paul BÉLANGER and Jeanne MAHEU

Basile had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Basile married Marie-Josette LESSARD 19 February 1770 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josette LESSARD was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Josette died 25 March 1820 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josette was the child of Pierre LESSARD and Jeanne CLOUTIER.

Basile VACHON dit POMERLEAU died 29 July 1799 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, 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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Marie-Josette LESSARD-- Date: 19 February 1770 Place: Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josette LESSARD was the child of Pierre LESSARD and Jeanne CLOUTIER

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1746 Birth
6 July 1746
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Canada, New France

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Basile VACHON dit POMERLEAU and Marie-Josette LESSARD 19 February 1770, Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

Revolutionary War
VACHON DIT PAMERLEAU, BASILE
Ancestor #: A214419
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: CIRCA 1747 CANADA
Death: 7-29-1799 ST JOSEPH DE BEAUCE LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 62-63
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

RESIDENCE
1) City: ST JOSEPH DE BEAUCE - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE JOSEPHTE LESSART
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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.