Louis HETU dit ETHIER

(b. 9 August 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 April 1826 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Louis HETU dit ETHIER was born 9 August 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis HETU dit ETHIER was the child of ? and ?

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Louis married Marie-Josephe BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE 31 March 1761 in Sorel, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE was born 2 September 1738 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Josephe died 19 April 1802 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).

Louis HETU dit ETHIER died 2 April 1826 in Sorel, 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 HETU dit ETHIER married

Marie-Josephe BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE-- Date: 31 March 1761 Place: Sorel, Canada

Children of Louis HETU dit ETHIER and Marie-Josephe BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE:

Louis ETHIER (b.9 August 1762, Sorel, Canada d. 12 July 1826, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine GREGOIRE 17 October 1791 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1744 Birth
9 August 1744
Québec Province, Canada

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis HETU dit ETHIER and Marie-Josephe BERGERON dite LAJEUNESSE 31 March 1761, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 16 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Louis ETHIER was born 9 August 1762, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Louis was 18 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.