Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE

(b. 12 June 1754 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1831 , Napierville, Lower Canada )

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Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was born 12 June 1754 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE was the child of Jean-François PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine COURAULT dite COULON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marguerite DEBLOIS (maternal) Jean-François COURAULT dit COULON and Marie-Anne BURELLE (BUREL)

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

Josephte married Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN 13 August 1770 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN was born 19 March 1746 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Francois-Toussaint was the child of Joseph-Toussaint SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE and Marie-Anne LAPORTE.

Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE died 4 January 1831 in Napierville, 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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Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE married

Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN-- Date: 13 August 1770 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN was the child of Joseph-Toussaint SABOURIN dit CHAUNIERE and Marie-Anne LAPORTE

Children of Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN and Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE:

Marie-Josette-Suzanne CHOINERE (CHAUNIERE) (b.abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph-Barthelemy PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE 7 January 1805 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Etienne CHOINIERE (b.26 March 1792, Chambly, Lower Canada d. 30 July 1846, Henryville, Canada East )
m. Marie-Louise ST-DENIS 26 January 1813 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1754 Birth
12 June 1754
Chambly, Canada, New France

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
Josephte PAQUET dite LAVALLÉE and Francois-Toussaint CHOINIERE dit SABOURIN 13 August 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 16 years old.

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.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Etienne CHOINIERE was born 26 March 1792, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Josephte was 37 years old.

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

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

1805 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette-Suzanne CHOINERE (CHAUNIERE) married 7 January 1805, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Joseph-Barthelemy PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE

1813 Marriage of Child
Etienne CHOINIERE married 26 January 1813, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie) to Marie-Louise ST-DENIS

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England