Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST

Born

abt. 1670 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

25 April 1745 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Age: 74

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Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST Marie-Anne GUÉDON

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Born: abt. 1670 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST

Mother: Marie-Anne GUÉDON

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Pierre married Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE 20 August 1705 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE was born abt. 1685 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne-Marie-Anne died 25 November 1771 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Jeanne-Marie-Anne was the child of Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL.

Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 25 April 1745 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France .

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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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Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST married

Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE
Marriage date: 20 August 1705
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE was the child of Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL

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Pierre Benoit dit La Forest habitant of la baye de st. antoine? and Jeanne de Jarles de la Riviere du Loup

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Children of Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE

Françoise BENOIT

Born: 24 October 1706, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 2 May 1787, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jean-François JANELLE 18 May 1730 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Thérèse-Apolline BENOIT

Born: abt. 1708, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 September 1723, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST

Born: 17 May 1709, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 6 August 1752, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Josephe BUREL (BURELLE) 02 November 1737 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François BENOIT dit LAFOREST

Born: abt. 1710, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 February 1760, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

Married: Madeleine LAMPRON dite DESFOSSÉS 11 September 1741 Place: Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Married: Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS 3 November 1743 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jeanne BENOIT

Born: 12 October 1713, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST

Born: 25 September 1715, Louiseville, Canada, New France
Died: 22 February 1778, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Madeleine PROULX 11 January 1741 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Madeleine BENOIT

Born: 27 August 1718, Louiseville, Canada, New France
Died: 26 September 1733, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Jeanne BENOIT

Born: 31 May 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 7 December 1752, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Married: Gilles BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE 13 February 1747 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Gabrielle BENOIT

Born: 31 January 1725, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 22 April 1743, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Jean-François BENOIT

Born: 6 November 1729, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died: 21 November 1729, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

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1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Gabriel Benoist (dit Laforest), 40
Anne Guesdon, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Gabrielle, 12
Pierre, 11
Marie, 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1705 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE 20 August 1705, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST - 1705 Marriage Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada

1705 Marriage Immaculee Conception, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1706 Birth of Child
Françoise BENOIT was born 24 October 1706, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1709 Birth of Child
Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born 17 May 1709, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1713 Birth of Child
Jeanne BENOIT was born 12 October 1713, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1715 Birth of Child
Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born 25 September 1715, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1718 Birth of Child
Madeleine BENOIT was born 27 August 1718, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Birth of Child
Jeanne BENOIT was born 31 May 1722, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1723 Death of Child
Thérèse-Apolline BENOIT died 8 September 1723, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1725 Birth of Child
Gabrielle BENOIT was born 31 January 1725, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1729 Birth of Child
Jean-François BENOIT was born 6 November 1729, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1730 Marriage of Child
Françoise BENOIT married 18 May 1730, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Jean-François JANELLE

1733 Death of Child
Madeleine BENOIT died 26 September 1733, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1737 Marriage of Child
Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST married 02 November 1737 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Josephe BUREL (BURELLE)

1741 Marriage of Child
Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST married 11 January 1741, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Madeleine PROULX

1741 Marriage of Child
François BENOIT dit LAFOREST married 11 September 1741, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Madeleine LAMPRON dite DESFOSSÉS

1743 Death of Child
Gabrielle BENOIT died 22 April 1743, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

1743 Marriage of Child
François BENOIT dit LAFOREST married 3 November 1743, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS