Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON

(b. 13 April 1762 , Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada d. 29 October 1815 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON was born 13 April 1762 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada

Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON was the child of Rene-Francois GIRARD dit BRETON and Marie-Josephte SAVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne GIRARD dit BRETON and Catherine Marguerite DESGRES (maternal) Jean-François SAVARD and Marguerite RENAUD

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

Marie-Louise married Joseph FALARDEAU 7 February 1780 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph FALARDEAU was born 1 October 1750 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Joseph died 4 March 1797 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville). Joseph was the child of Charles FALARDEAU and Marguerite SAVARD.

Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON died 29 October 1815 in Québec, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON

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Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON married

Joseph FALARDEAU-- Date: 7 February 1780 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph FALARDEAU was the child of Charles FALARDEAU and Marguerite SAVARD

Children of Joseph FALARDEAU and Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON:

Josephte FALARDEAU (b.abt. 1780, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Jacques-Philippe CHARTRE 15 February 1803 in Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

Marguerite FALARDEAU (b.abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph PEPIN 13 November 1804 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

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1762 Birth
13 April 1762
Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Canada

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GIRARD dite BRETON and Joseph FALARDEAU 7 February 1780, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 17 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)

1797 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph FALARDEAU died 4 March 1797, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville)

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Josephte FALARDEAU married 15 February 1803, Saint-Ambroise-de-la-Jeune-Lorette, Québec, Canada (Loretteville) to Jacques-Philippe CHARTRE

1804 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FALARDEAU married 13 November 1804, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal) to Joseph PEPIN

1815 Death
29 October 1815
Québec, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 53.