Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE

(b. 31 May 1740 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 29 October 1802 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE was born 31 May 1740 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE was the child of François BARBÉ dit LAFORTUNE and Marie-Josephe BRISSON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Charles BRISSON and Marie LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Marie-Angelique never married Louis DECAMBRE (CAMBARY) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis DECAMBRE (CAMBARY) was born abt. 1738

Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE died 29 October 1802 in Sorel, 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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Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE never married

Louis DECAMBRE (CAMBARY)-- Place:
They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Louis DECAMBRE (CAMBARY) and Marie-Angelique BARBÉ dite LAFORTUNE:

Françoise DECAMBRE (CAMBRAY) (b.abt. 1759, Sorel, Canada, New France d. 26 May 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Charles-Michel PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX 25 November 1783 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1740 Birth
31 May 1740
Neuville, Portneuf, 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.

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Françoise DECAMBRE (CAMBRAY) married 25 November 1783, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Charles-Michel PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

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)

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