Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST

(b. 10 August 1761 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada d. 10 October 1823 , Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada )

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Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was born 10 August 1761 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada

Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST was the child of Etienne LEVIEUX and Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph LAFOREST and Barbe BOUCHARD

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

Modeste married Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD 10 November 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD was born abt. 1755 Charles died 25 June 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul).

Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST died 10 October 1823 in Baie-Saint-Paul, 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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Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST married

Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD-- Date: 10 November 1778 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD and Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST:

Cecile LATOUR (b.30 November 1786, Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 March 1853, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. Louis-Etienne TREMBLAY 8 October 1811 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Agnes LATOUR (b.14 February 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 6 January 1862, Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East )
m. François TREMBLAY 7 January 1818 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Marie LATOUR dite BALLARD (b.19 March 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada d. 7 September 1869, L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Québec, Canada)
m. Francois TREMBLAY 4 January 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1761 Birth
10 August 1761
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada

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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Modeste LABRANCHE dite LAFOREST and Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD 10 November 1778, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Birth of Child
Cecile LATOUR was born 30 November 1786, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 25 years old.

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

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

1797 Birth of Child
Agnes LATOUR was born 14 February 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 35 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Marie LATOUR dite BALLARD was born 19 March 1799, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Modeste was 37 years old.

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

1811 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles LATOUR dit BALLARD died 25 June 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1811 Marriage of Child
Cecile LATOUR married 8 October 1811, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to Louis-Etienne TREMBLAY

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.

1818 Marriage of Child
Agnes LATOUR married 7 January 1818, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul) to François TREMBLAY

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Death
10 October 1823
Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 62.

Added: 12/18/2023 5:01:46 PM - Updated: 2/10/2024 12:51:44 PM