Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

(b. 19 May 1667 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1744 , La Prairie, Canada, New France )

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Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 19 May 1667 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Pierre TESSIER (BESSIER) and Catherine VARIN

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Paul married Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT) 26 February 1691 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 22 November 1670 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne died 09 February 1749 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jeanne was the child of Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE.

Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 6 March 1744 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
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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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Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE married

Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT)-- Date: 26 February 1691 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT) was the child of Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE

Children of Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT):

Anne-Jeanne TESSIER (b.7 May 1692, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1750, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE 27 May 1715 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jean TESSIER (b.29 May 1694, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louise POINEAU 27 July 1734 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Anne TESSIER (b.9 July 1696, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )

Catherine TESSIER (b.abt. 1704, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean DUPUIS dit PARISIEN 27 February 1724 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Marie-Josephte TESSIER (b.15 March 1704, Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1779, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Paul PINSONNEAULT 25 May 1722 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

François TESSIER (b.16 May 1705, Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. , )

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1667 Birth
19 May 1667
Montréal, Canada, New France

1691 Marriage / Partner
Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT) 26 February 1691, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 23 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Anne-Jeanne TESSIER was born 7 May 1692, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 24 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Jean TESSIER was born 29 May 1694, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 27 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TESSIER was born 9 July 1696, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 29 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1704 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte TESSIER was born 15 March 1704, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Paul was 36 years old.

1705 Birth of Child
François TESSIER was born 16 May 1705, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Paul was 38 years old.

1715 Marriage of Child
Anne-Jeanne TESSIER married 27 May 1715, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1722 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TESSIER married 25 May 1722 , Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Paul PINSONNEAULT

1724 Marriage of Child
Catherine TESSIER married 27 February 1724, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Jean DUPUIS dit PARISIEN

1734 Marriage of Child
Jean TESSIER married 27 July 1734, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louise POINEAU