Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE

(b. 22 August 1696 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 January 1772 , Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE was born 22 August 1696 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE was the child of Étienne FORESTIER dit LAFORTUNE and Marguerite LAUZON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles LAUZON and Marie ARCHAMBAULT

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

Marie-Barbe married Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE 8 June 1718 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE was born abt. 1698 in France.

Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE died 23 January 1772 in Châteauguay, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE

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Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE married

Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE-- Date: 8 June 1718 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France

Children of Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE:

Gertrude HUYET dite PONCELET (b.abt. 1720, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste METAYER 23 May 1736 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Pierre HUYET dit PONCELET (b.22 June 1733, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 25 October 1805, Detroit, Michigan Territory)
m. Marie Réine Chrétienne TREMBLAY 9 June 1760 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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1696 Birth
22 August 1696
Montréal, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1718 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Barbe FORESTIER dite LAFORTUNE and Etienne HUYET dit CHAMPAGNE 8 June 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Birth of Child
Pierre HUYET dit PONCELET was born 22 June 1733, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Barbe was 36 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Gertrude HUYET dite PONCELET married 23 May 1736, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste METAYER

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage of Child
Pierre HUYET dit PONCELET married 9 June 1760, Detroit, Michigan, USA to Marie Réine Chrétienne TREMBLAY

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.