Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU

(b. abt. 1751 , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 May 1791 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU was born abt. 1751 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU was the child of Jacques DEVOST dit DENEAU and Charlotte BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Marie-Anne MICHAUD

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Marie-Madeleine married Pierre LAFOREST 19 August 1771 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LAFOREST was born 23 July 1746 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre died 6 April 1817 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre). Pierre was the child of Pierre Yves LAPIERRE dit LAFOREST and Marie-Louise ALLAIRE.

Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU died 22 May 1791 in Kamouraska, 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-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU married

Pierre LAFOREST-- Date: 19 August 1771 Place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre LAFOREST was the child of Pierre Yves LAPIERRE dit LAFOREST and Marie-Louise ALLAIRE

Children of Pierre LAFOREST and Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU:

Marie-Thérèse LAFOREST (b.3 February 1776, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 June 1857, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Francois BOURGOIN 19 August 1793 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

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

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine DEVOST dite DENEAU and Pierre LAFOREST 19 August 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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.