Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT

(b. 9 November 1760 , Champlain, Canada d. 22 December 1823 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT was born 9 November 1760 in Champlain, Canada

Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT was the child of Joseph GRANDMONT and Madeleine TROTTIER dite BELCOURT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE) and Marie-Renee LEFEBVRE (maternal) François TROTTIER dit BELCOURT and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS

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

Joseph married Marguerite MOULIN 8 January 1781 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MOULIN was born 28 August 1765 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Marguerite died 7 August 1845 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marguerite was the child of Antoine MOULIN dit PICOTIN and Charlotte FOURNAISE dite LABOUCANE.

Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT died 22 December 1823 in Nicolet, 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 AURE dit GRANDMOT married

Marguerite MOULIN-- Date: 8 January 1781 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite MOULIN was the child of Antoine MOULIN dit PICOTIN and Charlotte FOURNAISE dite LABOUCANE

Children of Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT and Marguerite MOULIN:

Joseph GRANDMONT (b.7 December 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 February 1866, Drummondville, Canada East )
m. Thérèse COURCHESNE 14 October 1800 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1760 Birth
9 November 1760
Champlain, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Joseph AURE dit GRANDMOT and Marguerite MOULIN 8 January 1781, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

He was 20 years old.

1781 Birth of Child
Joseph GRANDMONT was born 7 December 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Joseph was 21 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)

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Joseph GRANDMONT married 14 October 1800, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Thérèse COURCHESNE

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