Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

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13 November 1793 , Beloeil, Lower Canada

Died

3 January 1827 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Born: 13 November 1793 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Father: Unknown

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Marie-Angelique married Charles FORAND . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles FORAND was born abt. 1785 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Charles died 27 February 1877 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) .

Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE died 3 January 1827 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE married

Charles FORAND
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Children of Charles FORAND and Marie-Angelique ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE

Desire Jared FORAND

Born: 15 March 1814, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1915, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Octavie AUTHIER

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Birth — 1793
13 November 1793
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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

1814 Birth of Child
Desire Jared FORAND was born 15 March 1814, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Marie-Angelique was 20 years old.

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.