Jean-François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT

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abt. 1722 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

16 March 1796 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT Marie-Josephte FAIE dite LAFAYETTE

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Born: abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT

Mother: Marie-Josephte FAIE dite LAFAYETTE

Maternal grandparents: Claude-François FAIE dit LAFAYETTE , Jeanne PERRAS

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Jean-François married Marie-Josephe LANCTOT 19 April 1751 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe LANCTOT was born 24 July 1722 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Marie-Josephe died 1 January 1786 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Josephe was the child of François LANCTOT and Claire BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE (BADAYAC).

Jean-François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT died 16 March 1796 in Châteauguay, 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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Jean-François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT married

Marie-Josephe LANCTOT
Marriage date: 19 April 1751
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Josephe LANCTOT was the child of François LANCTOT and Claire BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE (BADAYAC)

Children of Jean-François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT and Marie-Josephe LANCTOT

Joseph GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT

Born: 13 October 1755, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 29 December 1828, Châteauguay, Lower Canada

Married: Marie BRAULT 7 January 1780 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1751 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT and Marie-Josephe LANCTOT 19 April 1751, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Birth of Child
Joseph GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT was born 13 October 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Joseph GUY dit CHÂTEAUFORT married 7 January 1780 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie BRAULT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe LANCTOT died 1 January 1786, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

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

Death — 1796
16 March 1796
Châteauguay, Lower Canada

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