Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE

Born

20 August 1708 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Died

27 June 1771 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada

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Charles MARET (MARETTE) dit LEPINE Marie-Charlotte GAGNON

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Born: 20 August 1708 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Father: Charles MARET (MARETTE) dit LEPINE

Mother: Marie-Charlotte GAGNON

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MARET (MARETTE) dit LEPINE , Marie PAGÉ

Maternal grandparents: Mathurin GAGNON , Charlotte COCHON

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Marie-Charlotte married Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES 6 October 1727 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES was born 12 February 1700 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Noel was the child of Pierre VACHON and Marguerite-Catherine SOULARD.

Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE died 27 June 1771 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Vachon Noel

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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-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE married

Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES
Marriage date: 6 October 1727
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES was the child of Pierre VACHON and Marguerite-Catherine SOULARD

Children of Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE

Jean-Baptiste VACHON

Born: 15 July 1728, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Died: 17 June 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE 19 February 1753 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1708
20 August 1708
L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1727 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE and Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES 6 October 1727, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste VACHON was born 15 July 1728, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Charlotte was 19 years old.

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste VACHON married 19 February 1753, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada to Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE

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.