Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE

(b. 22 June 1737 , L'Acadie, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1785 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE was born 22 June 1737 in L'Acadie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE was the child of Noel PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne ARTEAU (ARTAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marguerite BEAUDET (maternal) Jacques HERTAULT (ARTEAU) (ARTAULT) dit ST-PIERRE and Marguerite ROUSSEAU

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Anne VERRET 11 February 1765 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne VERRET was born 30 May 1746 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne died 24 May 1822 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph-Michel VERRET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Anne FERRÉ.

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE died 10 February 1785 in Chambly, 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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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE married

Marie-Anne VERRET-- Date: 11 February 1765 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne VERRET was the child of Joseph-Michel VERRET dit LAVERDURE and Marie-Anne FERRÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne VERRET:

Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE (b.30 April 1776, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles PLANTE 20 February 1792 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1737 Birth
22 June 1737
L'Acadie, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Anne VERRET 11 February 1765, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 27 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PAQUET dite LARIVIERE was born 30 April 1776, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

Jean-Baptiste was 38 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)