Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

(b. 17 January 1761 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada d. 20 April 1792 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was born 17 January 1761 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE was the child of Charles DUBOIS and Elisabeth RONDEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS and Marie-Angélique BISSON (maternal) François RONDEAU and Marie-Françoise-Élisabeth DUBOIS

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Marguerite married Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE 23 April 1781 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE was born 25 January 1760 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Louis died 27 September 1837 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Charlotte LEGENDRE.

Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE died 20 April 1792 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Lower Canada.

m. Martel Louis

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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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Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE-- Date: 23 April 1781 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE was the child of Jacques MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE and Charlotte LEGENDRE

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1761 Birth
17 January 1761
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and Louis MARTEL dit LAMONTAGNE 23 April 1781, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.