Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

Born

19 January 1731 , Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

24 March 1821 , Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

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Jean-Simon BRADETTE dit LAFORGE Marie-Genevieve CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE

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Born: 19 January 1731 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Simon BRADETTE dit LAFORGE

Mother: Marie-Genevieve CHARRON dite LAFERRIERE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste CHARRON dit LAFERRIÈRE , Genevieve DUPIL (DUPILLE)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Elisabeth married Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD 12 January 1755 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD was born 28 September 1732 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Jean-Baptiste-Noel died 8 May 1819 in Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements). Jean-Baptiste-Noel was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Catherine-Marguerite FORTIN.

Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET) died 24 March 1821 in Les Éboulements, 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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Spouse & Children of Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

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Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD
Marriage date: 12 January 1755
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD was the child of Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Catherine-Marguerite FORTIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD and Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET)

Marguerite-Elisabeth SIMARD

Born: 14 November 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 31 May 1785, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre GONTHIER 24 July 1771 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Jean-Baptiste SIMARD

Born: 19 June 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 21 December 1834, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Nathalie MARTEL 15 November 1779 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Married: Suzanne LAVOIE 22 October 1792 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Rosalie SIMARD

Born: 11 October 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Died: 10 May 1798, La Malbaie, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre POITRAS 8 January 1787 Place: Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Geneviève SIMARD

Born: 13 October 1766, Les Éboulements, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 November 1840, Les Éboulements, Lower Canada

Married: Charles GRAVEL 23 July 1792 Place: Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada

Marie SIMARD

Born: 8 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Augustin BRASSARD 1791 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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Birth — 1731
19 January 1731
Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth BRADETTE dite LAFORGE (PRADET) and Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD 12 January 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 23 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Elisabeth SIMARD was born 14 November 1755, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elisabeth was 24 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste SIMARD was born 19 June 1757, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elisabeth was 26 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Rosalie SIMARD was born 11 October 1758, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elisabeth was 27 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.

1766 Birth of Child
Geneviève SIMARD was born 13 October 1766, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Elisabeth was 35 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie SIMARD was born 8 November 1768, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Elisabeth was 37 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marguerite-Elisabeth SIMARD married 24 July 1771, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Pierre GONTHIER

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SIMARD married 15 November 1779, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Marie-Nathalie MARTEL

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Death of Child
Marguerite-Elisabeth SIMARD died 31 May 1785, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

Elisabeth was 54 years old.

1787 Marriage of Child
Rosalie SIMARD married 8 January 1787, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements) to Pierre POITRAS

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Geneviève SIMARD married 23 July 1792, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Charles GRAVEL

1792 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste SIMARD married 22 October 1792, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Suzanne LAVOIE

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

1798 Death of Child
Rosalie SIMARD died 10 May 1798, La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic)

Elisabeth was 67 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste-Noel SIMARD died 8 May 1819, Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Eboulements)

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death — 1821
24 March 1821
Les Éboulements, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 90.

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