Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

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abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

19 May 1796 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

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François DUBOIS Marie-Anne LAMBERT

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Born: abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François DUBOIS

Mother: Marie-Anne LAMBERT

Paternal grandparents: François DUBOIS , Anne GUILLAUME

Maternal grandparents: Aubin LAMBERT dit CHAMPAGNE , Elisabeth AUBERT

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Thérèse married Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR 28 October 1748 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR was born abt. 1725 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Marie-Angelique PICHÉ.

Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE died 19 May 1796 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE married

Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR
Marriage date: 28 October 1748
Marriage place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR was the child of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT and Marie-Angelique PICHÉ

Children of Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR and Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE

Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT

Born: 4 June 1755, Forges du St-Maurice, Canada
Died: 20 August 1822, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX 18 January 1782 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1748 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DUBOIS dite LAFRANCE and Joseph DENEVERS dit BOISVERT BOISCLAIR 28 October 1748, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

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

1755 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT was born 4 June 1755, Forges du St-Maurice, 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.

1782 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste BOISCLAIR dit BOISVERT married 18 January 1782 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Marie-Elisabeth LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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