Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE

(b. 28 February 1728 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 12 July 1764 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE was born 28 February 1728 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE was the child of Michel PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE and Marie-Renee SENECAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE and Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Étienne SENECAL dit LAFRAMBOISE and Petronille MILLOT

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Brigitte married Joseph LARRIVÉE 28 July 1750 in Varennes, Canada, New France . Joseph LARRIVÉE was born 20 September 1727 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph was the child of Jacques LARRIVÉE and Marie-Anne PÉPIN dite LAFORCE.

Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE died 12 July 1764 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Larrivee 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 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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Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE married

Joseph LARRIVÉE-- Date: 28 July 1750 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Joseph LARRIVÉE was the child of Jacques LARRIVÉE and Marie-Anne PÉPIN dite LAFORCE

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1728 Birth
28 February 1728
Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

1750 Marriage / Partner
Brigitte PETIT dite LAPRE and Joseph LARRIVÉE 28 July 1750, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 22 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.