Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE

(b. 22 August 1767 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1832 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE was born 22 August 1767 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BARRIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Catherine BOIVIN (maternal) Rene BARRIERE and Agathe LAPORTE

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Marie-Charlotte married Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS 11 November 1816 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada . Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was born 2 February 1759 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Francois died 11 July 1850 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Francois was the child of Pierre DUQUET and Marie-Louise LAROCHE.

Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE died 25 August 1832 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE married

Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS-- Date: 11 November 1816 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS was the child of Pierre DUQUET and Marie-Louise LAROCHE

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1767 Birth
22 August 1767
Chambly, Province of 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.

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)

1816 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE and Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS 11 November 1816, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

She was 49 years old.

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England