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Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS

(b. 7 December 1689 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1757 , Laval, Canada, New France )

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Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 7 December 1689 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS was the child of Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN (maternal) Leonard ÉTHIER and Elisabeth GODILLON

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

Jacques married Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU 17 October 1712 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children. Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU was born 27 June 1696 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marie-Anne died 9 October 1747 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Anne PICARD.

Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS died 2 February 1757 in Laval, 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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS

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Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS married

Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU-- Date: 17 October 1712 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU was the child of Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Anne PICARD

Children of Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU:

Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS (b.22 May 1715, Laval, Canada, New France d. 16 September 1744, Terrebonne, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE 10 January 1735 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Françoise FORGET (b.20 August 1717, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. François ARCHAMBAULT 7 April 1739 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Charlotte FORGET dite DESPATITS (b.13 March 1721, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louis ARCHAMBAULT 10 February 1744 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph FORGET dit DESPATITS (b.25 February 1723, Laval, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1797, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Josephte CARDINAL 20 January 1749 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
m. Adrienne PAGEAU (PAGEOT) 8 January 1781 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS (b.19 November 1724, Laval, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1792, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine MAGUET 2 May 1752 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Claude FORGET (b.19 March 1732, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Anne EMERY dite CODERRE 18 February 1754 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Anne MEUNIER 21 February 1757 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS (b.15 August 1735, Laval, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1802, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Angélique CHAUVIN 4 January 1769 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS (b.21 June 1739, Laval, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1810, Mascouche, Lower Canada )
m. Agathe LARIVIERE 15 April 1765 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Charlotte BEAUCERON 19 August 1776 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada
m. Marie DAUNAIS 7 October 1789 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

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1689 Birth
7 December 1689
Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1712 Marriage / Partner
Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU 17 October 1712, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 22 years old.

1715 Birth of Child
Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS was born 22 May 1715, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 25 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise FORGET was born 20 August 1717, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 27 years old.

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORGET dite DESPATITS was born 13 March 1721, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 31 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Joseph FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 25 February 1723, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 33 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 19 November 1724, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 34 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Claude FORGET was born 19 March 1732, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 42 years old.

1735 Marriage of Child
Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS married 10 January 1735, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Pierre COLIN (COLLIN) dit LALIBERTE

1735 Birth of Child
Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 15 August 1735, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 45 years old.

1739 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise FORGET married 7 April 1739, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to François ARCHAMBAULT

1739 Birth of Child
Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 21 June 1739, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jacques was 49 years old.

1744 Marriage of Child
Marie-Charlotte FORGET dite DESPATITS married 10 February 1744 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Louis ARCHAMBAULT

1744 Death of Child
Jeanne FORGET dite DESPATITS died 16 September 1744, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Jacques was 54 years old.

1747 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU died 9 October 1747, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

1749 Marriage of Child
Joseph FORGET dit DESPATITS married 20 January 1749, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Marie-Josephte CARDINAL

1752 Marriage of Child
Jean-Charles FORGET dit DESPATITS married 2 May 1752, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Marie-Madeleine MAGUET

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Claude FORGET married 18 February 1754, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne EMERY dite CODERRE

1757 Death
2 February 1757
Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He died at the age of 67.

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