Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE

(b. 7 April 1713 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1780 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE was born 7 April 1713 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE was the child of Pierre DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marie-Jeanne PREVOST and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean PROVOST (PREVOST) and Françoise LEBLANC

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Nicolas married Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX 1 August 1735 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX was born 5 November 1717 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cunégonde died 4 April 1785 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Cunégonde was the child of Antoine LANGEVIN and Marie-Louise COUSINEAU.

Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE died 31 December 1780 in 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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Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE married

Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX-- Date: 1 August 1735 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX was the child of Antoine LANGEVIN and Marie-Louise COUSINEAU

Children of Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX:

Pierre DEVOYAU (b.29 October 1735, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1801, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)
m. Helene-Amable GOYER 11 July 1763 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Catherine DEVOYAU dite LAFRAMBOISE (b.6 March 1750, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1821, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada)
m. François GROULX 11 February 1771 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1713 Birth
7 April 1713
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1735 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Cunégonde LANGEVIN dite LACROIX 1 August 1735, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Pierre DEVOYAU was born 29 October 1735, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Catherine DEVOYAU dite LAFRAMBOISE was born 6 March 1750, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 36 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Pierre DEVOYAU married 11 July 1763, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Helene-Amable GOYER

1771 Marriage of Child
Catherine DEVOYAU dite LAFRAMBOISE married 11 February 1771, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to François GROULX

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.