Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE

(b. 21 September 1725 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 15 October 1790 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE was born 21 September 1725 in Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE was the child of Pierre FORGET and Marie-Louise CHARPENTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume FORGET and Barbe BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER and Françoise HUNEAULT

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Marie-Louise married Joseph BOURGOUIN 9 October 1741 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . Joseph BOURGOUIN was born 30 August 1718 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 6 May 1764 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph was the child of Pierre BOURGOIN and Marie-Madeleine CHENAY (CHAINE).

Marie-Louise married (2) Joseph BRIAND 15 October 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph BRIAND was born 5 February 1740 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph died 9 December 1825 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph was the child of Jean GEORGET dit CHÂTEAUBRIAND and Marie-Anne DUBOIS.

Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE died 15 October 1790 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Bourgouin Joseph
m. Briand Joseph

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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-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE married

Joseph BOURGOUIN-- Date: 9 October 1741 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Joseph BOURGOUIN was the child of Pierre BOURGOIN and Marie-Madeleine CHENAY (CHAINE)

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Joseph BRIAND-- Date: 15 October 1764 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph BRIAND was the child of Jean GEORGET dit CHÂTEAUBRIAND and Marie-Anne DUBOIS

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1725 Birth
21 September 1725
Laval, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE and Joseph BOURGOUIN 9 October 1741 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

She was 16 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise FORGET dite DESPATIE and Joseph BRIAND 15 October 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 39 years old.

1764 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph BOURGOUIN died 6 May 1764, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.