Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON

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17 October 1747 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

3 February 1788 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jacques ROBERT Marie-Catherine RAYMOND

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Born: 17 October 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Jacques ROBERT

Mother: Marie-Catherine RAYMOND

Paternal grandparents: Andre ROBERT dit BRETON , Marie-Marguerite DANIAU (DANIA)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste BERTRAND TOULOUSE RAYMOND , Marie-Louise DRUSSON

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Edwidge (Hedwige) married Jacques-Michel LAMARRE 16 August 1768 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jacques-Michel LAMARRE was born 29 September 1743 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Jacques-Michel was the child of Jean-Philippe LAMARRE and Françoise JOLIVET.

Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON died 3 February 1788 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON married

Jacques-Michel LAMARRE
Marriage date: 16 August 1768
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Jacques-Michel LAMARRE was the child of Jean-Philippe LAMARRE and Françoise JOLIVET

Children of Jacques-Michel LAMARRE and Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON

Charlotte LAMARRE

Born: 1 September 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Barthelemy SICOTTE (SICOT) 16 November 1795 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

Archange LAMARRE

Born: 17 August 1773, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 February 1830, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre FOREST 30 October 1797 Place: Oka, Lower Canada

Catherine LAMARRE

Born: 15 September 1777, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 October 1866, La Prairie, Canada East

Married: Friedrich SINGER 1795 Place: Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Laurent PIGEON 14 April 1817 Place: La Prairie, Lower Canada

Denis LAMARRE

Born: 12 May 1783, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 May 1850, La Prairie, Canada East

Married: Marguerite MENARD 29 February 1808 Place: La Prairie, 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 — 1747
17 October 1747
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Edwidge (Hedwige) ROBERT dite BRETON and Jacques-Michel LAMARRE 16 August 1768, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 20 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Charlotte LAMARRE was born 1 September 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 23 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Archange LAMARRE was born 17 August 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 25 years old.

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.

1777 Birth of Child
Catherine LAMARRE was born 15 September 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 29 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Denis LAMARRE was born 12 May 1783, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Edwidge (Hedwige) was 35 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)