Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Born

28 October 1744 , Laval, Canada, New France

Died

14 April 1832 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU

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Born: 28 October 1744 in Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph-Cecile LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES

Mother: Angelique NADON dite LETOURNEAU

Paternal grandparents: Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES , Madeleine FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre NADON dit LÉTOURNEAU , Catherine LABELLE

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Marie-Amable married Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE 22 August 1763 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was born 12 May 1740 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Guillaume died 4 February 1810 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Guillaume was the child of Athanase GRAVEL and Marie DOYON.

Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES died 14 April 1832 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, 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-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES married

Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE
Marriage date: 22 August 1763
Marriage place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE was the child of Athanase GRAVEL and Marie DOYON

Children of Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Helene GRAVEL

Born: 11 September 1773, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre LECLAIR (LECLERC) 24 November 1817 Place: Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1744
28 October 1744
Laval, Canada, New France

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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES and Guillaume GRAVEL dit BRINDELIERE 22 August 1763, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 18 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Helene GRAVEL was born 11 September 1773, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Amable was 28 years old.

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.