Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR

(b. 14 October 1761 , Verchères, Canada d. 7 May 1791 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR was born 14 October 1761 in Verchères, Canada

Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR was the child of Jean-Louis BONNET dit LATOUR and Marie-Genevieve PETIT dite LAPRÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph PETIT dit LAPRÉ and Marie-Geneviève LEMAIRE

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Louis-Michel married Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES 16 July 1781 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES was born 2 November 1765 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Thérèse died 24 April 1813 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Thérèse was the child of Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Thérèse VENNE (VOYNE).

Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR died 7 May 1791 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR married

Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES-- Date: 16 July 1781 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES was the child of Urbain BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Thérèse VENNE (VOYNE)

Children of Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR and Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES:

Marie-Therese BONNET (b.16 July 1787, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 September 1858, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada East)
m. Louis CHAPUT 31 January 1803 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

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1761 Birth
14 October 1761
Verchères, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Michel BONNET dit LATOUR and Thérèse BRIEN dite DESROCHES 16 July 1781, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 19 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Birth of Child
Marie-Therese BONNET was born 16 July 1787, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Louis-Michel was 25 years old.