Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST

(b. 15 August 1753 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France d. 6 July 1834 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born 15 August 1753 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST was the child of Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Madeleine PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE (maternal) Claude PROULX and Marie-Anne BIBEAU

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Joseph married Germaine VAILLANT 24 November 1794 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Germaine VAILLANT was born 28 May 1773 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Germaine was the child of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT and Françoise DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON.

Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 6 July 1834 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. Fervac Marie-Josephe
m. Robidas Marguerite
m. Vaillant Germaine

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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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Germaine VAILLANT-- Date: 24 November 1794 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Germaine VAILLANT was the child of Jean-Baptiste VAILLANT and Françoise DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇON

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1753 Birth
15 August 1753
Baie-du-Fèbvre, 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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Joseph BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Germaine VAILLANT 24 November 1794, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 41 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England