Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE

(b. 23 November 1735 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1775 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 23 November 1735 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was the child of Christophe BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Marguerite BOUSQUET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne MESSIER (maternal) Pierre BOUSQUET and Marie-Anne BANLIER dite LAPERLE (BONELISSE)

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

Alexandre married Archange LUSSIER 22 January 1759 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Archange LUSSIER was born 15 September 1738 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Archange was the child of Joseph LUSSIER and Marie-Louise CHAPUT.

Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE died 15 November 1775 in Varennes, 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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Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE married

Archange LUSSIER-- Date: 22 January 1759 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Archange LUSSIER was the child of Joseph LUSSIER and Marie-Louise CHAPUT

Children of Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Archange LUSSIER:

Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE (b.4 April 1763, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1832, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Louis BEAUDRY 7 February 1780 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1735 Birth
23 November 1735
Varennes, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Archange LUSSIER 22 January 1759, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 23 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Archange BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE was born 4 April 1763, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Alexandre was 27 years old.