Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS

(b. 15 August 1735 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 10 February 1802 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS was born 15 August 1735 in Laval, Canada, New France

Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS was the child of Jacques FORGET dit DESPATITS and Marie-Anne CHARBONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Elisabeth-Isabelle ÉTHIER (maternal) Joseph CHARBONNEAU and Anne PICARD

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Louis married Angélique CHAUVIN 4 January 1769 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique CHAUVIN was born 24 October 1749 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Angélique was the child of François CHAUVIN and Madeleine BLAIN.

Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS died 10 February 1802 in Varennes, 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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Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS married

Angélique CHAUVIN-- Date: 4 January 1769 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique CHAUVIN was the child of François CHAUVIN and Madeleine BLAIN

Children of Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Angélique CHAUVIN:

Elisabeth FORGET dite DESPATITS (b.27 April 1775, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 March 1854, Napierville, Canada East )
m. Noel GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN 23 October 1797 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1735 Birth
15 August 1735
Laval, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Louis FORGET dit DESPATITS and Angélique CHAUVIN 4 January 1769 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 33 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Elisabeth FORGET dite DESPATITS was born 27 April 1775, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Louis was 39 years old.

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

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

1797 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth FORGET dite DESPATITS married 23 October 1797 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Noel GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)