Jacques VENDETTE (VANDET) dit POITEVIN

(b. 31 January 1774 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 May 1844 , Sorel, Canada East )

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Jacques VENDETTE (VANDET) dit POITEVIN was born 31 January 1774 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Jacques VENDETTE (VANDET) dit POITEVIN was the child of Jean-François VENDETTE and Charlotte BRIAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Pierre VENDETTE (VANDET) and Marie Madeleine ELIE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Anne BAILLARGEON

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Jacques married Thérèse FORTIER 21 January 1799 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Thérèse FORTIER was born 6 September 1778 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Thérèse was the child of Claude-Marie FORTIER and Marie-Angélique VANDAL.

Jacques VENDETTE (VANDET) dit POITEVIN died 19 May 1844 in Sorel, Canada East .
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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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Thérèse FORTIER-- Date: 21 January 1799 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Thérèse FORTIER was the child of Claude-Marie FORTIER and Marie-Angélique VANDAL

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1774 Birth
31 January 1774
Sorel, 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)

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

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

1799 Marriage / Partner
Jacques VENDETTE (VANDET) dit POITEVIN and Thérèse FORTIER 21 January 1799, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 24 years old.

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

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