Monument in Memory of Nicolas Choquet
Excerpts from an article in La Presse,
7 September 1965:
300th Anniversary of Choquette-Choquet in Varennes.
Some 450 members of the Choquet and Choquette families gathered yesterday in Varennes to celebrate the 300th anniversary of their common ancestor's arrival in Canada. From left to right on the photo: Mgr Maurice Choquette, Miss Suzelle Chaput, Judge Marguerite Choquette, Senator Lionel Choquette, who unveiled the monument, and the parish priest of Varennes, Elisée Choquet.
Major-général Wallace
A. Choquette and his wife, Albertine
Lavertu, visiting from Massachussets to attend the 300th anniversary celebrations.
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A Nicolas Choquet
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The plaque reads as follows:
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In memory of Nicolas Choquet who came to Varennes with the Regiment de Carignan 17 August 1665. From his descendants Choquet-Choquette from Canada and the United States 6 September 1965.
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