Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS

(b. 19 November 1724 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1792 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 19 November 1724 in Laval, Canada, New France

Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS was the child of Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER (maternal) Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Anne PICARD

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Jean-Charles married Marie-Madeleine MAGUET 2 May 1752 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . Marie-Madeleine MAGUET was born 14 March 1724 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Augustin MAGUET and Marie-Madeleine LACOMBE.

Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS died 1 August 1792 in Lachenaie, 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-Madeleine MAGUET-- Date: 2 May 1752 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Madeleine MAGUET was the child of Augustin MAGUET and Marie-Madeleine LACOMBE

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1724 Birth
19 November 1724
Laval, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Madeleine MAGUET 2 May 1752, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 27 years old.

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.