Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME

(b. 31 July 1766 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 September 1824 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME was born 31 July 1766 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME was the child of Pierre MORARD dit LAFORME and Elisabeth PARENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MORARD dit LAFORME and Angélique LOISY dite DESROCHES (maternal) Pierre PARENT and Louise GAGNON

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Marie-Angélique married Charles MCDUFF 30 January 1787 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles MCDUFF was born abt. 1755 in County Limerick, Ireland. Charles died 30 March 1834 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville).

Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME died 12 September 1824 in Boucherville, Lower 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-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME married

Charles MCDUFF-- Date: 30 January 1787 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Charles MCDUFF and Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME:

Charles MCDUFF (b.9 February 1795, Varennes, Lower Canada d. December 1885, Ste-Julie, Vercheres, Quebec, Canada)
m. Thérèse GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN 21 August 1821 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Louise-Marie DALPE dite PARISEAU 25 November 1839 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Francoise MCDUFF (b.abt. 1798, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 April 1829, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph HEBERT 23 November 1812 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1766 Birth
31 July 1766
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME and Charles MCDUFF 30 January 1787, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

She was 20 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Birth of Child
Charles MCDUFF was born 9 February 1795, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Angélique was 28 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage of Child
Francoise MCDUFF married 23 November 1812, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Joseph HEBERT

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage of Child
Charles MCDUFF married 21 August 1821, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Thérèse GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN