Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE

(b. 25 December 1762 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada d. 6 March 1827 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE was born 25 December 1762 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada

Charles DUBOIS dit 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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Charles married Marie CLESSE 26 November 1792 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . Marie CLESSE was born 7 August 1777 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie died 20 March 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie was the child of François CLESSE and Marie-Anne POULIN.

Charles married (2) Marie GAUDET 1 April 1799 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Marie GAUDET was born 20 October 1778 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie died 24 April 1862 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie was the child of Francois GAUDET and Marie-Francoise POISSON.

Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE died 6 March 1827 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Clesse Marie
m. Gaudet Marie

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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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Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE married

Marie CLESSE-- Date: 26 November 1792 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada
Marie CLESSE was the child of François CLESSE and Marie-Anne POULIN

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Marie GAUDET-- Date: 1 April 1799 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marie GAUDET was the child of Francois GAUDET and Marie-Francoise POISSON

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1762 Birth
25 December 1762
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.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Marie CLESSE 26 November 1792, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 29 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie CLESSE died 20 March 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1799 Marriage / Partner
Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE and Marie GAUDET 1 April 1799, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 36 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 Death
6 March 1827
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 64.

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