Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET

(b. 1 March 1760 , Berthierville, Canada d. 8 September 1832 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET was born 1 March 1760 in Berthierville, Canada

Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET was the child of Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Elisabeth-Isabelle COUILLARD dite LAROCQUE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine LATOUR dit LAFORGE and Marie-Louise PLOUFFE (maternal) François COUILLARD dit LAROCQUE and Josephte GRESLON

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

Antoine married Therese CARPENTIER 28 July 1783 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese CARPENTIER was born 28 October 1762 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Therese died 3 August 1838 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth). Therese was the child of Pierre CARPENTIER and Madeleine AIDE dite CREQUIS.

Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET died 8 September 1832 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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Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET married

Therese CARPENTIER-- Date: 28 July 1783 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Therese CARPENTIER was the child of Pierre CARPENTIER and Madeleine AIDE dite CREQUIS

Children of Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER:

Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET (b.22 July 1788, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 July 1850, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East )
m. Joseph JOLY 11 July 1808 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1760 Birth
1 March 1760
Berthierville, 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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LATOUR dit FORGET and Therese CARPENTIER 28 July 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 23 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET was born 22 July 1788, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Antoine was 28 years old.

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)

1808 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite LATOUR dite FORGET married 11 July 1808, Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth) to Joseph JOLY

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)