Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME

Born

29 August 1765 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

22 September 1809 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

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Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME Geneviève CHARRON

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Born: 29 August 1765 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph BOURDELAIS dit BRÊME

Mother: Geneviève CHARRON

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Claude BOURDELAIS dit BREME , Marie-Madeleine DEGAME (DEGANNE)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHARRON , Marie-Charles-Charlotte BOUCHER

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Catherine married François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE 6 October 1788 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was born 31 August 1764 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . François-Marie died 14 March 1829 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . François-Marie was the child of Joseph DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne MERCEREAU.

Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME died 22 September 1809 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME married

François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE
Marriage date: 6 October 1788
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Joseph DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Anne MERCEREAU

Children of François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME

Marie-Josephte DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Born: 2 August 1791, Lanoraie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: François JACQUES 21 September 1812 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

Genevieve DUBORD

Born: abt. 1795, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Georges LAURENT 3 April 1815 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

Sophie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Born: abt. 1798, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste LOZEAU 10 November 1818 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada

Adelaide DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Born: abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis LAPLUME dit MERAUD 31 January 1820 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

Emilie DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE

Born: abt. 1808, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 September 1878, Berthierville, Québec, Canada

Married: Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD 2 July 1828 Place: Contrecœur, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1765
29 August 1765
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME - Baptism

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Catherine BOURDELAIS dite BREME and François-Marie DUBORD dit LAFONTAINE 6 October 1788 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 23 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DUBORD dite LAFONTAINE was born 2 August 1791, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Catherine was 25 years old.

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

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