Charles BOUIN dit DUFRESNE

(b. 29 March 1714 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 9 October 1790 , Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charles BOUIN dit DUFRESNE was born 29 March 1714 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Charles BOUIN dit DUFRESNE was the child of Charles-François BOUIN dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Madeleine GAUVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien BOUIN dit DUFRESNE and Marguerite BERRIN (maternal) Jean GAUVIN and Anne MAGNAN

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Charles married Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER) 24 April 1742 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER) was born 20 November 1710 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie-Louise was the child of Charles GARNIER and Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU.

Charles BOUIN dit DUFRESNE died 9 October 1790 in Beauport, Québec, 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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Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER)-- Date: 24 April 1742 Place: Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER) was the child of Charles GARNIER and Jeanne-Angélique MAHEU

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1714 Birth
29 March 1714
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1742 Marriage / Partner
Charles BOUIN dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Louise GARNIER (GRENIER) 24 April 1742, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

He was 28 years old.

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.

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.