Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE

(b. 15 October 1712 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1775 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE was born 15 October 1712 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE was the child of Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD (maternal) Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE

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

Louis married Marie-Françoise CHABOT 13 October 1749 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise CHABOT was born 17 April 1720 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise died 4 April 1760 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Françoise was the child of André CHABOT and Catherine BOULARD.

Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE died 20 June 1775 in Montréal, 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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Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE married

Marie-Françoise CHABOT-- Date: 13 October 1749 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise CHABOT was the child of André CHABOT and Catherine BOULARD

Children of Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE and Marie-Françoise CHABOT:

Louis DAUNAIS (b.25 July 1750, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charlotte LERICHE 22 November 1784 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1712 Birth
15 October 1712
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1749 Marriage / Partner
Louis DAUNAIS dit LAFRENIERE and Marie-Françoise CHABOT 13 October 1749, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 37 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Louis DAUNAIS was born 25 July 1750, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Louis was 37 years old.

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

1760 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise CHABOT died 4 April 1760, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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 Death
20 June 1775
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 62.

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