Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST

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3 August 1722 , Chambly, Canada, New France

Died

29 August 1795 , Chambly, Lower Canada

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Jean LAFORT (LEFORT) dit LAFOREST Marguerite DROUSSON

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Born: 3 August 1722 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Father: Jean LAFORT (LEFORT) dit LAFOREST

Mother: Marguerite DROUSSON

Maternal grandparents: Robert DRUSSON (DROUSSON) dit LAFLEUR , Jeanne TARDÉ dite GEOFFROY

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Julie married Jean-Marie GILBERT 21 October 1743 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie GILBERT was born 23 April 1721 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jean-Marie died 29 July 1781 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jean-Marie was the child of Augustin GILBERT and Catherine LIBERGE.

Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST died 29 August 1795 in Chambly, 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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Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST married

Jean-Marie GILBERT
Marriage date: 21 October 1743
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Jean-Marie GILBERT was the child of Augustin GILBERT and Catherine LIBERGE

Children of Jean-Marie GILBERT and Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST

Michel GILBERT

Born: abt. 1750, , Canada
Died: 4 September 1819, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise BERTRAND 27 July 1778 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

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Birth — 1722
3 August 1722
Chambly, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Julie LAFORT dite LAFOREST and Jean-Marie GILBERT 21 October 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 21 years old.

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.

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.