Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE

(b. 3 March 1755 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1811 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Lower Canada )

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Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE was born 3 March 1755 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE was the child of Joseph VERRET and Marie-Madeleine PAGEAU (PAGEOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre VERRET and Marie-Madeleine BOUNILOT (maternal) Thomas PAGEOT (PAGEAU) and Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

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

Pierre married Euphrosine GENEST 31 January 1780 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Euphrosine GENEST was born 5 July 1756 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Euphrosine died 25 May 1812 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Euphrosine was the child of André GENEST and Marie-Josephe CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR).

Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE died 23 April 1811 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, 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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Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE married

Euphrosine GENEST-- Date: 31 January 1780 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Euphrosine GENEST was the child of André GENEST and Marie-Josephe CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

Children of Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE and Euphrosine GENEST:

Marie-Josephte VERRET (b.12 November 1790, Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jacques DUBEAU 7 April 1818 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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1755 Birth
3 March 1755
Charlesbourg, Québec, 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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Pierre VERRET dit LAVERDURE and Euphrosine GENEST 31 January 1780, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 24 years old.