Catherine VIGER dite AUDET

(b. 22 September 1753 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1815 , Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Catherine VIGER dite AUDET was born 22 September 1753 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Catherine VIGER dite AUDET was the child of Antoine VIGER and Catherine AUDET dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne POULIOT (POUILLOT)

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

Catherine married Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE 11 February 1777 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE was born 24 August 1753 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Pierre died 3 August 1847 in St-Bernard-de-Beauce, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Louis CHATIGNY and Marie-Anne LECLERC.

Catherine VIGER dite AUDET died 2 March 1815 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, 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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Catherine VIGER dite AUDET married

Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE-- Date: 11 February 1777 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE was the child of Louis CHATIGNY and Marie-Anne LECLERC

Children of Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE and Catherine VIGER dite AUDET:

Madeleine CHATIGNY (b.14 January 1787, Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 December 1882, St-Romain, Canada)
m. Laurent GOSSELIN 8 May 1809 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1753 Birth
22 September 1753
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Catherine VIGER dite AUDET and Pierre CHATIGNY dit LEPINE 11 February 1777, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Madeleine CHATIGNY was born 14 January 1787, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

Catherine was 33 years old.

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)

1809 Marriage of Child
Madeleine CHATIGNY married 8 May 1809, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Laurent GOSSELIN