Antoine PAQUET dit LARIVIERE

(b. 9 August 1752 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 16 May 1811 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada )

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Antoine PAQUET dit LARIVIERE was born 9 August 1752 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Antoine 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

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Antoine married Suzanne VIAU 18 October 1779 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Suzanne VIAU was born 3 December 1756 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Suzanne died 13 October 1822 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Suzanne was the child of Jacques-François VIAU and Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ.

Antoine PAQUET dit LARIVIERE died 16 May 1811 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .

m. Viau Suzanne

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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 PAQUET dit LARIVIERE married

Suzanne VIAU-- Date: 18 October 1779 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Suzanne VIAU was the child of Jacques-François VIAU and Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ

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1752 Birth
9 August 1752
Chambly, 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.

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PAQUET dit LARIVIERE and Suzanne VIAU 18 October 1779, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 27 years old.

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)

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