Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE

(b. 4 June 1749 , Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1808 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE was born 4 June 1749 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE was the child of Nicolas LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Angelique PILOTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE (maternal) Jean PILOTE and Marie-Catherine BRASSARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Amable married Francois GEOFFROY 8 January 1770 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois GEOFFROY was born 21 June 1745 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Francois was the child of Nicolas GEOFFROY and Marguerite GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dite BOISJOLY.

Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE died 15 April 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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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Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE married

Francois GEOFFROY-- Date: 8 January 1770 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois GEOFFROY was the child of Nicolas GEOFFROY and Marguerite GRIVAULT (GRIVEAULT) dite BOISJOLY

Children of Francois GEOFFROY and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE:

Catherine GEOFFROY (b.14 February 1771, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 January 1849, Sainte-Élisabeth, Canada East )
m. Joseph CHARRON dit DUCHARME 6 October 1788 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1749 Birth
4 June 1749
Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST GEORGE and Francois GEOFFROY 8 January 1770, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Catherine GEOFFROY was born 14 February 1771, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Amable was 21 years old.

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Catherine GEOFFROY married 6 October 1788, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph CHARRON dit DUCHARME

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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