Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE

(b. 8 March 1734 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1810 , St-Michel, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada )

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Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE was born 8 March 1734 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHOLETTE (CHOLET) and Marie-Anne FOUCHER (FAUCHER) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Sébastien CHOLET (CHOLETTE) and Marie Anne HEARD (maternal) Louis-Martin FOUCHER and Madeleine PARE

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

Madeleine married Joseph CHEVRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 2 February 1761 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph CHEVRIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born abt. 1730 in Bugey, Bourgogne, France. Joseph died 4 May 1813 in St-Michel, Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada.

Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE died 22 December 1810 in St-Michel, Vaudreuil, Quebec, 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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Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE married

Joseph CHEVRIER dit LAJEUNESSE-- Date: 2 February 1761 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada

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Children of Joseph CHEVRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE:

Francois CHEVRIER (b.24 December 1767, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 October 1827, Rigaud, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite ROULEAU 24 January 1791 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1734 Birth
8 March 1734
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine CHOLETTE dite LAVIOLETTE and Joseph CHEVRIER dit LAJEUNESSE 2 February 1761, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

She was 26 years old.

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Francois CHEVRIER was born 24 December 1767, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Madeleine was 33 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.