Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Born

26 February 1742 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

6 June 1823 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Marie-Genevieve married Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR 4 November 1760 in Verchères, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR was born 27 November 1727 in Latour-de-France, Pyrénées-Orientales, France.

Parents & Family of Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Parents of Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Father

Joseph PETIT dit LAPRÉ

Mother

Marie-Geneviève LEMAIRE

Grandparents of Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Paternal grandparents

Louis PETIT Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents

Louis LEMAIRE Geneviève HÉBERT dite LAROSE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ married

Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR
Marriage date: 4 November 1760
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada

Children of Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR and Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ

Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR

Born: 14 October 1761, Verchères, Canada
Died: 7 May 1791, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES 16 July 1781 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marie-Genevieve's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Add Life Event

Have another record or photo?
Add a life event, census record, military record, obituary, achievement, or photograph for Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ.

Life & Records

Photos, life events, and historical records for Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ.

How to read this timeline
Records about Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ and family appear alongside historical events from the same years. Each item is labeled so you can quickly tell family records from historical context.

Show:

Use these buttons to focus on the ancestor's own records or the wider historical context.

Birth — 1742
26 February 1742
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ and Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR 4 November 1760, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 18 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR was born 14 October 1761, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Genevieve was 19 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 - 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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR married 16 July 1781, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada to Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES

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

1791 Death of Child
Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR died 7 May 1791, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Marie-Genevieve was 49 years old.

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

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

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

Death — 1823
6 June 1823
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 81.

RECORD HISTORY