Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON

(b. abt. 1718 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 7 February 1760 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON was born abt. 1718 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON was the child of Etienne GIRARD dit BRETON and Catherine Marguerite DESGRES

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

Marie-Louise married Joseph BARBEAU 18 November 1748 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BARBEAU was born 8 July 1717 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph died 23 November 1792 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Jacques BARBEAU and Marie-Anne BISSON dite LÉPINE.

Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON died 7 February 1760 in Charlesbourg, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON

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Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON married

Joseph BARBEAU-- Date: 18 November 1748 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France
Joseph BARBEAU was the child of Jacques BARBEAU and Marie-Anne BISSON dite LÉPINE

Children of Joseph BARBEAU and Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON:

Louise BARBEAU (b.abt. 1748, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 November 1819, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Alexis-Guillaume FLUET 22 November 1767 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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1748 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON and Joseph BARBEAU 18 November 1748, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)