Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS

(b. 26 October 1767 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 May 1793 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was born 26 October 1767 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS was the child of Jean-Marie-Francois BRADETTE and Marie-Victoire POITEVIN dite POTVIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Simon BRADETTE dit LAFORGE and Marie-Genevieve CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE (maternal) Michel POITEVIN and Françoise TREMBLAY

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

Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD 24 November 1787 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD was born 5 August 1768 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS.

Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS died 9 May 1793 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS married

Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD-- Date: 24 November 1787 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD was the child of François-Xavier BOUCHARD and Marie-Angelique DESBIENS

Children of Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD and Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS:

Elie BOUCHARD (b.27 November 1788, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 August 1841, Saint-Constant, Canada East)
m. Marie-Louise ROY 21 October 1816 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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1767 Birth
26 October 1767
Baie-Saint-Paul, 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
Marguerite BRADETTE dite ST-GELAIS and Jean-Baptiste BOUCHARD 24 November 1787, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 20 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Elie BOUCHARD was born 27 November 1788, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marguerite was 21 years old.

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