Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON

(b. 17 October 1747 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1788 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON was born 17 October 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON was the child of Jacques ROBERT and Marie-Catherine RAYMOND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre ROBERT dit BRETON and Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA) (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND and Marie-Louise DRUSSON

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Edwidge (Hedwige) married Jacques-Michel LAMARRE 16 August 1768 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jacques-Michel LAMARRE was born 29 September 1743 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jacques-Michel was the child of Jean-Philippe LAMARRE and Françoise JOLIVET.

Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON died 3 February 1788 in La Prairie, 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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Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON married

Jacques-Michel LAMARRE-- Date: 16 August 1768 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques-Michel LAMARRE was the child of Jean-Philippe LAMARRE and Françoise JOLIVET

Children of Jacques-Michel LAMARRE and Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON:

Charlotte LAMARRE (b.1 September 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Barthelemy SICOTTE (SICOT) 16 November 1795 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Archange LAMARRE (b.17 August 1773, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 February 1830, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre FOREST 30 October 1797 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

Catherine LAMARRE (b.15 September 1777, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 October 1866, La Prairie, Canada East )
m. Friedrich SINGER 1795 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Laurent PIGEON 14 April 1817 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Denis LAMARRE (b.12 May 1783, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1850, La Prairie, Canada East )
m. Marguerite MENARD 29 February 1808 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1747 Birth
17 October 1747
La Prairie, 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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON and Jacques-Michel LAMARRE 16 August 1768, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 20 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Charlotte LAMARRE was born 1 September 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Archange LAMARRE was born 17 August 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 25 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Catherine LAMARRE was born 15 September 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 29 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Denis LAMARRE was born 12 May 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 35 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)