Charlotte
FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE
(b.
14 September 1743
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
d.
16 April 1813
,
Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Charlotte FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE was born 14 September 1743 in Verchères, Canada, New France
Charlotte FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Louis FOISY dit LAFRENIÈRE and Charlotte BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ (maternal) Nicolas BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Barbe VILLEDIEUCharlotte FOISY dite LAFRENIÈRE died 16 April 1813 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
m. Michel Marion, 31 March 1761
St-Sulpice, Quebec
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1743 Birth 14 September 1743
Verchères, Canada, New France
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.
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
1813 Death 16 April 1813
Montréal, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 69.
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