Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES

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29 March 1732 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Died

18 November 1804 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX

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Born: 29 March 1732 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LARUE dit DESPLAINES

Mother: Marie-Madeleine BOURGAULT LACROIX

Paternal grandparents: Etienne LARUE , Madeleine-Marie-Anne JUIN

Maternal grandparents: Gilles BOURGAULT dit LACROIX , Marie-Marthe GAZAILLE dite ST-GERMAIN

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Elisabeth married Louis-Amable AVARE 5 May 1760 in Saint-Ours, Canada . Louis-Amable AVARE was born 17 October 1731 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Louis-Amable was the child of Pierre HAVARD (AVARE) and Marie-Françoise ROBERT dite BRETON.

Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES died 18 November 1804 in Saint-Ours, 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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Louis-Amable AVARE
Marriage date: 5 May 1760
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Canada
Louis-Amable AVARE was the child of Pierre HAVARD (AVARE) and Marie-Françoise ROBERT dite BRETON

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Birth — 1732
29 March 1732
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1760 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth LARUE dite DESPLAINES and Louis-Amable AVARE 5 May 1760, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 28 years old.

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.