Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST

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abt. 1767 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

6 August 1837 , Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, Lower Canada

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Unknown UNKNOWN Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST

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Born: abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Unknown UNKNOWN

Mother: Marie-Catherine-Gertrude LAFOREST

Maternal grandparents: Joseph LAFOREST , Barbe BOUCHARD

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Jean-Baptiste married Madeleine FORTIN 31 July 1797 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . Madeleine FORTIN was born 7 January 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Madeleine died 21 October 1817 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Madeleine was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY.

Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST died 6 August 1837 in Saint-Urbain, Charlevoix, 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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Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST married

Madeleine FORTIN
Marriage date: 31 July 1797
Marriage place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada
Madeleine FORTIN was the child of Joseph FORTIN and Marie-Silvie TREMBLAY

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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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1797 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LABRANCHE dit LAFOREST and Madeleine FORTIN 31 July 1797, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Death of Spouse/Partner
Madeleine FORTIN died 21 October 1817, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England