Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE

(b. 12 May 1740 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 7 April 1817 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )

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Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE was born 12 May 1740 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE was the child of René MESSIER and Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite BÉLISLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René MESSIER and Catherine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER

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Antoine-Joseph married Marie-Josephe PALARDY 18 April 1763 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephe PALARDY was born 17 February 1743 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Josephe died 17 December 1829 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre-Charles PALARDY and Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD.

Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE died 7 April 1817 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 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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Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE married

Marie-Josephe PALARDY-- Date: 18 April 1763 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe PALARDY was the child of Pierre-Charles PALARDY and Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

Children of Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE and Marie-Josephe PALARDY:

Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER (b.8 January 1769, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 January 1818, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Joachim CHAGNON dit LAROSE 4 August 1784 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste MESSIER dit DUCHESNE (b.abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD 30 October 1797 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1740 Birth
12 May 1740
Varennes, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Antoine-Joseph MESSIER dit DUCHESNE and Marie-Josephe PALARDY 18 April 1763, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 22 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER was born 8 January 1769, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Antoine-Joseph was 28 years old.

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)

1784 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth DUCHESNE dite MESSIER married 4 August 1784, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie-Joachim CHAGNON dit LAROSE

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MESSIER dit DUCHESNE married 30 October 1797, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur) to Marie JARED dite BEAUREGARD

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