Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS

(b. 22 May 1715 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1744 , Terrebonne, Canada, New France )

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Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS was born 22 May 1715 in Laval, Canada, New France

Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS was the child of Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER (maternal) Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Anne PICARD

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Jeanne married Pierre COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE 10 January 1735 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE was born 7 August 1710 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Pierre died 3 March 1745 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Pierre was the child of André COLIN dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Jeanne-Anne CADIEUX.

Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS died 16 September 1744 in Terrebonne, Canada, New France .
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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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