Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE

(b. 10 February 1720 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 25 September 1796 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE was born 10 February 1720 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis-Laurent 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

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis-Laurent married Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX 28 August 1741 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX was born 1 September 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 28 October 1771 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Antoine LANGEVIN and Marie-Louise COUSINEAU.

Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE died 25 September 1796 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada.

m. Langevin Marie-Louise

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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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Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE married

Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX-- Date: 28 August 1741 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX was the child of Antoine LANGEVIN and Marie-Louise COUSINEAU

Children of Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX:

Jean-Baptiste DEVOYAU (b.27 January 1748, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite GODIN dite CHATILLON 27 April 1767 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1720 Birth
10 February 1720
Montréal, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Laurent DEVOYAU dit LAFRAMBOISE and Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX 28 August 1741, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 21 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEVOYAU was born 27 January 1748, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Louis-Laurent was 27 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DEVOYAU married 27 April 1767, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Marguerite GODIN dite CHATILLON

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Louise LANGEVIN dite LACROIX died 28 October 1771, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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.