Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE

(b. 25 July 1779 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 August 1832 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE was born 25 July 1779 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE was the child of Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Madeleine CHAUVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PAQUET dit LAVALLÉE and Marie Madeleine MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) (maternal) Jean CHAUVIN and Marie-Marthe BLAIN dite LUMINA

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

Alexis married Genevieve-Louise PONTON 25 June 1798 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve-Louise PONTON was born 13 April 1772 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Genevieve-Louise died 29 April 1854 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Genevieve-Louise was the child of Pierre-Andre PONTON dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Jeanne THOMAS dite BIGAOUETTE.

Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE died 11 August 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE married

Genevieve-Louise PONTON-- Date: 25 June 1798 Place: Boucherville, Lower Canada
Genevieve-Louise PONTON was the child of Pierre-Andre PONTON dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Jeanne THOMAS dite BIGAOUETTE

Children of Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve-Louise PONTON:

Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE (b.11 January 1808, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Joseph CYR 8 July 1828 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1779 Birth
25 July 1779
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

1798 Marriage / Partner
Alexis PAQUET dit LAVALLEE and Genevieve-Louise PONTON 25 June 1798, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 18 years old.

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

1808 Birth of Child
Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE was born 11 January 1808, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Alexis was 28 years old.

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)

1828 Marriage of Child
Julienne PAQUET dite LAVALLEE married 8 July 1828, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Joseph CYR

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England