Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE

(b. 2 August 1711 , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 April 1783 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE was born 2 August 1711 in Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE was the child of Vincent HENRY dit LAFORGE and Suzanne MOUFLET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean MOUFLET dit CHAMPAGNE and Anne DODIN (DAUDIN)

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Madeleine married Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS 31 May 1730 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 30 May 1695 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Gabriel died 4 April 1767 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Gabriel was the child of Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Étiennette PAQUET (PASQUIER).

Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE died 18 April 1783 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE married

Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS-- Date: 31 May 1730 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Étiennette PAQUET (PASQUIER)

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Children of Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE:

Charlotte HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS (b.abt. 1742, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 June 1824, Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )
m. Pascal NEVEU 14 November 1762 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1711 Birth
2 August 1711
Québec Province, Canada

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine HENRY dite LAFORGE and Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS 31 May 1730, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 18 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Charlotte HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS married 14 November 1762 , Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Pascal NEVEU

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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Gabriel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS died 4 April 1767, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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.