Elisabeth-Barbe MAILLET dite BACANAL

Born

24 April 1771 , Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

13 June 1814 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

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François MAILLET dit BACANAL Marie-Anne FORGET dite DESPATITS

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Born: 24 April 1771 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François MAILLET dit BACANAL

Mother: Marie-Anne FORGET dite DESPATITS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FORGET , Marie-Anne MENARD

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Elisabeth-Barbe married Louis GUENETTE 8 January 1787 in Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis GUENETTE was born 16 June 1767 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Louis died 10 April 1853 in St-Jérôme Canada. Louis was the child of Etienne GUENET and Marie-Josephte LACASSE.

Elisabeth-Barbe MAILLET dite BACANAL died 13 June 1814 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, 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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Elisabeth-Barbe MAILLET dite BACANAL married

Louis GUENETTE
Marriage date: 8 January 1787
Marriage place: Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis GUENETTE was the child of Etienne GUENET and Marie-Josephte LACASSE

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Birth — 1771
24 April 1771
Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth-Barbe MAILLET dite BACANAL and Louis GUENETTE 8 January 1787, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

She was 15 years old.

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

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

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