Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE

(b. 18 August 1754 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. 11 November 1835 , Mascouche, Lower Canada )

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Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was born 18 August 1754 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE was the child of Antoine LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marguerite MARTEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAFOREST and Marie-Angélique RANCOURT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MARTEL and Anne SIMARD

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

Joseph married Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL 7 November 1774 in Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL was born 15 April 1756 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Rose died 5 March 1840 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Marie-Rose was the child of Joseph BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Suzanne ÉTHIER.

Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE died 11 November 1835 in Mascouche, Lower 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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Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE married

Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL-- Date: 7 November 1774 Place: Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL was the child of Joseph BERLOIN dit NANTEL and Marie-Suzanne ÉTHIER

Children of Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL:

Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE (b.abt. 1792, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis BEAUDOIN 26 July 1819 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

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1754 Birth
18 August 1754
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LAFOREST dit LABRANCHE and Marie-Rose BERLOIN dite NANTEL 7 November 1774, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche)

He was 20 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE married 26 July 1819, Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche) to Louis BEAUDOIN

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England