Marie-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE

(b. 27 December 1719 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 July 1774 , Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was born 27 December 1719 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE was the child of Thomas LAFOREST and Rosalie DUCHESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Charlotte GODIN (maternal) Pierre DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Catherine RIVET

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Marie-Catherine married Louis MERCIER 12 July 1745 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France . Louis MERCIER was born abt. 1719 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis died 23 June 1792 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis was the child of Charles MERCIER and Anne BERTHELOT.

Marie-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE died 5 July 1774 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, 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-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE married

Louis MERCIER-- Date: 12 July 1745 Place: Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Louis MERCIER was the child of Charles MERCIER and Anne BERTHELOT

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1719 Birth
27 December 1719
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine LAFOREST dite LABRANCHE and Louis MERCIER 12 July 1745, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 25 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.