Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT

(b. 5 May 1728 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1781 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT was born 5 May 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT was the child of Jean-Louis BOUGRET dit DUFORT and Marguerite CHICOINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Prudent BOUGRET dit DUFORT and Marie-Charlotte ETIENNE (maternal) Pierre CHICOINE and Marie-Anne BERTOURNE (BETOURNAY)

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Margurite married Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA) 19 January 1748 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA) was born 26 March 1724 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre SAVARY (SAVARIA) and Madeleine MINGOU.

Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT died 5 May 1781 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT married

Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA)-- Date: 19 January 1748 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA) was the child of Pierre SAVARY (SAVARIA) and Madeleine MINGOU

Children of Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA) and Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT:

Marie-Marguerite SAVARY (b.27 January 1750, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1812, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Michel RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD 12 November 1770 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Francois-Boniface SAVARY (b.13 May 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1810, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Amable PARENT 7 January 1780 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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1728 Birth
5 May 1728
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1748 Marriage / Partner
Margurite BOUGRET dite DUFORT and Jean-Baptiste SAVARY (SAVARIA) 19 January 1748, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite SAVARY was born 27 January 1750, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Margurite was 21 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Francois-Boniface SAVARY was born 13 May 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Margurite was 29 years old.

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite SAVARY married 12 November 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Michel RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Francois-Boniface SAVARY married 7 January 1780, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Marie-Amable PARENT