Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

(b. 12 December 1767 , La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 May 1844 , La Durantaye, Canada East )

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Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was born 12 December 1767 in La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was the child of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Françoise ROY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS (maternal) Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE

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

Joseph married Reine ROY 14 November 1791 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Reine ROY was born 20 April 1773 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Reine died 2 April 1851 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Reine was the child of Jacques-Philippe ROY and Suzanne BROCHU.

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE died 25 May 1844 in La Durantaye, Canada East.
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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 Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

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Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE married

Reine ROY-- Date: 14 November 1791 Place: Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada

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Reine ROY was the child of Jacques-Philippe ROY and Suzanne BROCHU

Children of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Reine ROY:

Jacques CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE (b.abt. 1810, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite BEAUDOIN 4 February 1833 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

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1767 Birth
12 December 1767
La Durantaye, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Reine ROY 14 November 1791, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

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

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

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

1833 Marriage of Child
Jacques CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE married 4 February 1833, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud) to Marguerite BEAUDOIN

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)