Marie-Francoise SAMSON dite DUBOIS

(b. 16 May 1750 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1826 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Francoise SAMSON dite DUBOIS was born 16 May 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Francoise SAMSON dite DUBOIS was the child of François-Cecil SAMSON and Marie-Josephe-Guillemette ELLIOTT (HELOT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis-Ignace SAMSON and Marie-Madeleine HUBERT (maternal) Julien ELLIOTT (HELOT) and Marie-Josephte DEGUISE dite FLAMAND

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Marie-Francoise married François-De-Sales LAROCHE 23 September 1771 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . François-De-Sales LAROCHE was born 11 April 1746 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). François-De-Sales was the child of Joseph LAROCHE and Therese DUSSAULT.

Marie-Francoise SAMSON dite DUBOIS died 1 August 1826 in Québec, Lower Canada .

m. Laroche Francois-Desales

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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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François-De-Sales LAROCHE-- Date: 23 September 1771 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada
François-De-Sales LAROCHE was the child of Joseph LAROCHE and Therese DUSSAULT

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1750 Birth
16 May 1750
Québec, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Francoise SAMSON dite DUBOIS and François-De-Sales LAROCHE 23 September 1771, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 21 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.