Julie MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR
Married: Joachim BIGRAS 14 February 1843 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East
Louis
MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR
Born
29 November 1794
,
Laval, Lower Canada
Died
25 October 1858
,
Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East
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Louis MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR married Josephe-Marie PLOUF
Marriage date: 20 February 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
Josephe-Marie PLOUF was the child of Joseph PLOUFFE and Celeste GLADU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Josephe-Marie PLOUFMarriage date: 20 February 1816
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada
Josephe-Marie PLOUF was the child of Joseph PLOUFFE and Celeste GLADU
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Louis MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Josephe-Marie PLOUF
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 179429 November 1794
Laval, Lower Canada
1816 Marriage / PartnerLouis MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Josephe-Marie PLOUF 20 February 1816, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
He was 21 years old.
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 England1825 Birth of ChildJulie MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR was born 20 February 1825, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada
Louis was 30 years old.
1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1843 Marriage of ChildJulie MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR married 14 February 1843, Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East to Joachim BIGRAS
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.
1854 Death of Spouse/PartnerJosephe-Marie PLOUF died 30 April 1854, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.Death — 185825 October 1858
Saint-Martin, Laval, Canada East
He died at the age of 63.
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