Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 21 November 1704 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1773 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE was born 21 November 1704 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Guillaume TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie BRAZEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas BRAZEAU and Perrette BILLARD

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Gabriel married Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS 31 August 1733 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS was born 22 March 1708 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Thomas LETENDRE dit SAINT-THOMAS and Marie MORIN.

Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE died 4 November 1773 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE

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Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE married

Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS-- Date: 31 August 1733 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS was the child of Thomas LETENDRE dit SAINT-THOMAS and Marie MORIN

Children of Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS:

Joseph TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE (b.15 April 1736, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1775, Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte VAILLANCOURT 4 March 1764 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1704 Birth
21 November 1704
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Gabriel TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite LETENDRE dite SAINT-THOMAS 31 August 1733, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Joseph TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE was born 15 April 1736, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Gabriel was 31 years old.

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

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Joseph TOUGAS dit LAVIOLETTE married 4 March 1764, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Marie-Josephte VAILLANCOURT