Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS

(b. 25 December 1728 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1786 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS was born 25 December 1728 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS was the child of Jacques TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Marie-Marguerite-Angelique MEUNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Jacques TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Charlotte SOMMEREUX (maternal) François MEUNIER and Angélique JACOB

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Clothilde married Jean-Francois FORTIER 8 November 1745 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Francois FORTIER was born abt. 1721 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Francois died 6 April 1801 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud). Jean-Francois was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine RUEL.

Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS died 28 May 1786 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, 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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Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS married

Jean-Francois FORTIER-- Date: 8 November 1745 Place: Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Jean-Francois FORTIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Madeleine RUEL

Children of Jean-Francois FORTIER and Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS:

Pierre-Basile FORTIER (b.5 January 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 14 February 1798, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ 20 February 1775 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER (b.27 March 1757, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France d. 5 July 1811, Saint-Henri, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite PARADIS 16 January 1786 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1728 Birth
25 December 1728
Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Clothilde TALBOT dite GERVAIS and Jean-Francois FORTIER 8 November 1745, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

She was 16 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre-Basile FORTIER was born 5 January 1749, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Clothilde was 20 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was born 27 March 1757, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud)

Clothilde was 28 years old.

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 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Basile FORTIER married 20 February 1775, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ

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.