Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE

(b. 18 May 1715 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 March 1781 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was born 18 May 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was the child of Jean DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marguerite VERDON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean VERDON and Marguerite RICHER

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

Jean-Marie married Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) 3 February 1739 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was born 23 December 1715 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Louise died 27 August 1781 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise was the child of Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Catherine MENARD.

Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE died 24 March 1781 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE married

Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE)-- Date: 3 February 1739 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) was the child of Jacques RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) and Marie-Catherine MENARD

Children of Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE):

Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE (b.27 June 1745, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1813, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Ambroise-Antoine COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE 24 January 1763 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

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1715 Birth
18 May 1715
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Marie DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marie-Louise RIVIERE (LARIVIERE) 3 February 1739, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 23 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE was born 27 June 1745, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Jean-Marie was 30 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
Marie-Apolline DESFORGES dite ST-MAURICE married 24 January 1763, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima) to Ambroise-Antoine COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE

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.