François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE

(b. 15 October 1733 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France d. February 1760 , Québec Province, Canada )

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François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE was born 15 October 1733 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE was the child of Paul SIMARD and Geneviève GAGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel SIMARD (SIMART) dit LOMBRETTE and Marie-Madeleine RACINE (maternal) Germain GAGNON and Jeanne DAVID

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

François married Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE 16 July 1756 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE was born 20 October 1730 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Marie-Agathe-Françoise died 6 August 1787 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Marie-Agathe-Françoise was the child of Jacques LAVOIE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY.

François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE died February 1760 in Québec Province, 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 SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE married

Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE-- Date: 16 July 1756 Place: Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE was the child of Jacques LAVOIE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY

Marriage not found in Drouin Collection for Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul. Perhaps date-place are wrong?

PRDH indicates Petite-Riviere-St-Francois

Tanguay - Volume 2, p. 312, 313

Children of François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE:

Marie-Agathe-Françoise SIMARD (b.17 July 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1832, Napierville, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph DENIAU (DAIGNEAU) 22 August 1774 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1733 Birth
15 October 1733
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France

1733 Baptism
Baptism found in Index of Drouin Collection at Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul, QC, Canada - unable to find actual record
PRDH indicates 1733 Baie-St-Paul
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marie-Agathe-Françoise LAVOIE 16 July 1756, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

He was 22 years old.

François SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusquà nos jours: 1701-1763. A-Z Volume 7 of Dictionnaire

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours: 1701-1763. A-Z
Volume 7 of Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Publisher E. Senécal & fils, 1890
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Sep 22, 2007
Page 184

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe-Françoise SIMARD was born 17 July 1757, Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière)

François was 23 years old.