Marie-Josephe LAMY dite DEFOND

(b. 13 July 1701 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 26 November 1782 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LAMY dite DEFOND was born 13 July 1701 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe LAMY dite DEFOND was the child of Pierre LAMY dit DEFOND and Catherine SALVAIL (SALVAYE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph-Isaac LAMY and Marie-Madeleine DE CHEVRAINVILLE dite LAFONTAINE (maternal) Pierre SALVAIL (SALVAYE) DE FROMENT and Marie-Catherine ROY

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Marie-Josephe married Antoine DROUET DE LA COLONNERIE 19 May 1728 in Sorel, Canada, New France . Antoine DROUET DE LA COLONNERIE was born 5 April 1699 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Antoine died 28 January 1792 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Antoine was the child of Claude DROUET and Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS.

Marie-Josephe LAMY dite DEFOND died 26 November 1782 in Berthierville, 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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Antoine DROUET DE LA COLONNERIE-- Date: 19 May 1728 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Antoine DROUET DE LA COLONNERIE was the child of Claude DROUET and Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS

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1701 Birth
13 July 1701
Sorel, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LAMY dite DEFOND and Antoine DROUET DE LA COLONNERIE 19 May 1728 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 26 years old.

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.

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.