Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

(b. 20 May 1786 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 November 1836 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was born 20 May 1786 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE was the child of Francois CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Catherine PATRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Catherine MARCHAND (maternal) Michel PATRY and Marie-Louise LACROIX

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

Catherine married Gabriel PICHET 19 November 1810 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel PICHET was born 18 February 1788 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Gabriel died 23 January 1864 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Gabriel was the child of Joseph PICHET and Marie-Marguerite FILTEAU.

Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE died 15 November 1836 in Kamouraska, 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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Family and Children of Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

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Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE married

Gabriel PICHET-- Date: 19 November 1810 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

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Gabriel PICHET was the child of Joseph PICHET and Marie-Marguerite FILTEAU

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Children of Gabriel PICHET and Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE:

Catherine PICHET (b.5 August 1815, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Cyprien TREMBLAY 24 February 1840 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1786 Birth
20 May 1786
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1810 Marriage / Partner
Catherine CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE and Gabriel PICHET 19 November 1810, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

She was 24 years old.

1815 Birth of Child
Catherine PICHET was born 5 August 1815, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Catherine was 29 years old.

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