Françoise JOURDAIN dite LABROSSE

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14 April 1727 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

18 August 1782 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Denis JOURDAIN dit LABROSSE Marie BLEAU (BLOT)

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Born: 14 April 1727 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Denis JOURDAIN dit LABROSSE

Mother: Marie BLEAU (BLOT)

Paternal grandparents: Denis JOURDAIN dit LAROSE , Marie-Madeleine FAGOT

Maternal grandparents: François BLEAU (BLOT) , Marie-Catherine JUILLET

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Françoise married Louis DUCHARME 2 January 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Louis DUCHARME was born 6 January 1717 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Louis died 31 October 1791 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Louis was the child of Louis DUCHARME dit LAFONTAINE and Marie PICARD.

Françoise JOURDAIN dite LABROSSE died 18 August 1782 in Montréal, 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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Louis DUCHARME
Marriage date: 2 January 1747
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Louis DUCHARME was the child of Louis DUCHARME dit LAFONTAINE and Marie PICARD

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Birth — 1727
14 April 1727
Montréal, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Françoise JOURDAIN dite LABROSSE and Louis DUCHARME 2 January 1747, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 19 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.

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.