Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE

(b. abt. 1725 , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 June 1803 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE was the child of Daniel FREGEAU and Anne PAUZÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel FREGEOT (FREGEAU) and Marie MERGOT (maternal) Jacques PAUZE and Marie-Anne JOBIDON

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Marie-Felicite married François LAFRANCE dit BELLE abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François LAFRANCE dit BELLE was born abt. 1718 in France.

Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE died 13 June 1803 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE married

François LAFRANCE dit BELLE-- Date: abt. 1750 Place: , Québec Province, Canada

Children of François LAFRANCE dit BELLE and Marie-Felicite FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE:

Françoise BELLE (b.5 October 1753, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 30 March 1816, Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Jean Baptiste MARTIN 22 August 1775 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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

1753 Birth of Child
Françoise BELLE was born 5 October 1753, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

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 Marriage of Child
Françoise BELLE married 22 August 1775, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada to Jean Baptiste MARTIN

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.