Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

(b. 21 March 1763 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 December 1826 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada )

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Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ was born 21 March 1763 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ was the child of Charles MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Marie-Louise DUCROS dite LATERREUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER) and Françoise OUELLET (maternal) Antoine DUCROS dit LATERREUR and Marie-Jeanne JEAN

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Joseph married Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT 21 October 1786 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT was born 13 June 1764 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Angélique died 23 July 1832 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Québec, Canada. Angélique was the child of Joachim ROY dit CHÂTELLERAULT and Thérèse PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY.

Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ died 31 December 1826 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, 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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Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ married

Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT-- Date: 21 October 1786 Place: La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT was the child of Joachim ROY dit CHÂTELLERAULT and Thérèse PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY

Children of Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT:

Angéle MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ (b.24 March 1789, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François SÉVIGNY 25 November 1811 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Dominique MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (b.11 July 1794, La-Pérade, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Josephe CHAPUT 29 January 1816 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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1763 Birth
21 March 1763
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Angélique ROY dite CHÂTELLERAULT 21 October 1786, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 23 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Angéle MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ was born 24 March 1789, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1794 Birth of Child
Dominique MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ was born 11 July 1794, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Joseph was 31 years old.

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

1811 Marriage of Child
Angéle MIGNIER dite LAGACÉ married 25 November 1811, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to François SÉVIGNY

1816 Marriage of Child
Dominique MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ married 29 January 1816, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Josephe CHAPUT

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