Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON

(b. 2 December 1756 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1781 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON was born 2 December 1756 in Québec, Canada, New France

Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON was the child of Rene-Francois GIRARD dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GIRARD dit BRETON and Catherine Marguerite DESGRES (maternal) Jean-François SAVARD and Marguerite RENAUD

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

Felicite married Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON 3 February 1777 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON was born 20 May 1755 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Jean-Baptiste died 27 February 1810 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Ignace PLAMONDON and Therese DROLET.

Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON died 2 December 1781 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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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Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON married

Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON-- Date: 3 February 1777 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON was the child of Ignace PLAMONDON and Therese DROLET

Children of Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON and Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON:

Marie-Felicite PLAMONDON (b.27 April 1779, L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 November 1862, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East)
m. Augustin GILL 1 May 1797 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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1756 Birth
2 December 1756
Québec, 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.

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Felicite GIRARD dite BRETON and Jean-Baptiste PLAMONDON 3 February 1777, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

She was 20 years old.

1779 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite PLAMONDON was born 27 April 1779, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Felicite was 22 years old.