Marie-Josephe PARIS dite FORTIN

Born

28 September 1696 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

18 January 1777 , Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre PARIS dit FORTIN Michelle CHARLAND

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Born: 28 September 1696 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre PARIS dit FORTIN

Mother: Michelle CHARLAND

Maternal grandparents: Claude CHARLAND dit FRANCOEUR , Jeanne PELLETIER

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Marie-Josephe married Jacques GROINIER 28 May 1719 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques GROINIER was born 21 August 1682 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jacques died 2 April 1727 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jacques was the child of Nicolas-Pierre GROINIER dit MÉTIVIER and Marie BOUAT (BOETE).

Marie-Josephe PARIS dite FORTIN died 18 January 1777 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Josephe PARIS dite FORTIN married

Jacques GROINIER
Marriage date: 28 May 1719
Marriage place: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jacques GROINIER was the child of Nicolas-Pierre GROINIER dit MÉTIVIER and Marie BOUAT (BOETE)

Children of Jacques GROINIER and Marie-Josephe PARIS dite FORTIN

Marie Josephte GROINIER (GRENIER)

Born: abt. 1727, , Canada
Died: 27 January 1777, Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph JACQUES 4 October 1748 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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Birth — 1696
28 September 1696
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe PARIS dite FORTIN and Jacques GROINIER 28 May 1719, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

She was 22 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1727 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques GROINIER died 2 April 1727, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1748 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephte GROINIER (GRENIER) married 4 October 1748, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Joseph JACQUES

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.

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.