Moise
LATOUR dit LAFORGE
(b.
21 June 1834
,
Joliette, Lower Canada
d.
7 August 1893
,
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
)
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Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE was born 21 June 1834 in Joliette, Lower Canada
Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Moise married Phelonise ROY 23 February 1857 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Phelonise ROY was born 3 May 1837 in Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada. Phelonise died 23 March 1909 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (Greater Sudbury).
Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE died 7 August 1893 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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)
Family and Children of Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE
[Hide/Show]Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE married 
Phelonise ROY-- Date: 23 February 1857 Place: Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE and Phelonise ROY:
Arthemise LATOUR dite LAFORGE (b.19 April 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 14 August 1923, St Charles, Ontario, Canada)
m. Joseph LAMONTAGNE 7 February 1882
Phelonise ROY-- Date: 23 February 1857 Place: Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada EastSacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE and Phelonise ROY:
Arthemise LATOUR dite LAFORGE (b.19 April 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Canada East d. 14 August 1923, St Charles, Ontario, Canada)m. Joseph LAMONTAGNE 7 February 1882
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Discovering the Ancestry of Moise LATOUR dit LAFORGE: Events, Photos & Historical Records
1834 Birth 21 June 1834
Joliette, Lower Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1857 Marriage / PartnerMoise LATOUR dit LAFORGE and Phelonise ROY 23 February 1857, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada
He was 22 years old.
1858 Birth of ChildArthemise LATOUR dite LAFORGE was born 19 April 1858, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Québec, Canada
Moise was 23 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1893 Death 7 August 1893
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 59.
Postcards and Memories of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA
Added: 10/11/2025 9:30:46 PM
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