Pierre BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 27 January 1684 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 30 December 1785 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE was born 27 January 1684 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Pierre BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Mery (Mederic) (Emery) BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie CARREAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis CARREAU dit LAFRAICHEUR and Jeanne LEROUGE

Pierre BLOUIN dit LAVIOLETTE died 30 December 1785 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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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1684 Birth
27 January 1684
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

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.

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.