Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS

(b. 17 July 1746 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 23 March 1800 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS was born 17 July 1746 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS was the child of Antoine DUFAULT dit RACLOS and Marie-Anne PLANTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DUFAULT and Marie-Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) (maternal) Augustin PLANTE and Geneviève CHARTIER

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Elisabeth married Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON 1 February 1768 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON was born 23 September 1747 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Augustin died 20 February 1830 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Augustin was the child of Michel MASSON and Marie-Madeleine DUMONT.

Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS died 23 March 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Family and Children of Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS

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Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS married

Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON-- Date: 1 February 1768 Place: Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON was the child of Michel MASSON and Marie-Madeleine DUMONT

Children of Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON and Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS:

Genevieve BERNARD (b.8 April 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 10 July 1805, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre MICHEL dit BÉCOT 20 February 1792 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1746 Birth
17 July 1746
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth DUFAULT dite RACLOS and Augustin BERNARD dit MASSON 1 February 1768, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

She was 21 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Genevieve BERNARD was born 8 April 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Elisabeth was 24 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

1792 Marriage of Child
Genevieve BERNARD married 20 February 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Pierre MICHEL dit BÉCOT

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