Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

(b. 20 October 1731 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1793 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was born 20 October 1731 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was the child of Nicolas DUBOIS and Marie-Thérèse CHATEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUBOIS and Anne GUILLAUME (maternal) Michel CHATEL and Françoise-Marguerite LAMBERT

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Marie-Josephe married Joseph LADRIERE dit FLAMAND 22 August 1748 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France . Joseph LADRIERE dit FLAMAND was born abt. 1718 in Belgium.

Marie-Josephe married (2) Eustache TOUPIN 29 July 1754 in Québec, Canada, New France . Eustache TOUPIN was born 26 July 1727 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Eustache died 5 May 1788 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Eustache was the child of René TOUPIN and Geneviève LANGLOIS.

Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE died 30 May 1793 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Ladriere Joseph
m. Toupin Eustache

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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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Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE married

Joseph LADRIERE dit FLAMAND-- Date: 22 August 1748 Place: Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

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Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE married

Eustache TOUPIN-- Date: 29 July 1754 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Eustache TOUPIN was the child of René TOUPIN and Geneviève LANGLOIS

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1731 Birth
20 October 1731
Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and Joseph LADRIERE dit FLAMAND 22 August 1748, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

She was 16 years old.

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and Eustache TOUPIN 29 July 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 22 years old.

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.