François PETIT dit LAPRE

(b. 22 September 1748 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 19 March 1813 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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François PETIT dit LAPRE was born 22 September 1748 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

François PETIT dit LAPRE was the child of Joseph PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Geneviève LEMAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis PETIT and Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Louis LEMAIRE and Geneviève HÉBERT dite LAROSE

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François married Marie-Anne PHANEUF 11 November 1776 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne PHANEUF was born 11 February 1759 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Anne was the child of Paul PHANEUF and Marie-Anne BLAIS.

François PETIT dit LAPRE died 19 March 1813 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, 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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François PETIT dit LAPRE married

Marie-Anne PHANEUF-- Date: 11 November 1776 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne PHANEUF was the child of Paul PHANEUF and Marie-Anne BLAIS

Children of François PETIT dit LAPRE and Marie-Anne PHANEUF:

Marie PETIT dite LAPRE (b.abt. 1788, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 May 1827, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )
m. Paul PHANEUF 24 July 1815 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1748 Birth
22 September 1748
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
François PETIT dit LAPRE and Marie-Anne PHANEUF 11 November 1776, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 28 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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