Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS

(b. 14 August 1765 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 October 1833 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS was born 14 August 1765 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS was the child of Charles DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Elisabeth CHARBONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Geneviève BREILLARD (maternal) Jacques CHARBONNEAU and Elisabeth-Agathe MESSIER

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

Joseph married Marie-Anne CADIEUX 14 July 1788 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne CADIEUX was born 2 May 1772 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph CADIEUX and Marie-Anne SIMON dite THOMAS.

Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS died 6 October 1833 in Varennes, 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 DECELLES dit DUCLOS married

Marie-Anne CADIEUX-- Date: 14 July 1788 Place: Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
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Marie-Anne CADIEUX was the child of Joseph CADIEUX and Marie-Anne SIMON dite THOMAS

Children of Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Marie-Anne CADIEUX:

Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS (b.20 June 1796, Varennes, Lower Canada d. 19 July 1848, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East )
m. Joseph PROVOST 7 October 1816 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1765 Birth
14 August 1765
Varennes, 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Joseph DECELLES dit DUCLOS and Marie-Anne CADIEUX 14 July 1788, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 22 years old.

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

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

1796 Birth of Child
Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS was born 20 June 1796, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph was 30 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josette DECELLES dite DUCLOS married 7 October 1816, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Joseph PROVOST

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