Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE

(b. 11 November 1728 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1790 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE was born 11 November 1728 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE was the child of Pierre FORGET and Marie-Louise CHARPENTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Guillaume FORGET and Barbe BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Gilles-Jean CHARPENTIER and Françoise HUNEAULT

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Joseph married Marie-Madeleine MASSON 27 September 1762 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada . Marie-Madeleine MASSON was born 9 February 1735 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 4 April 1818 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ.

Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE died 9 June 1790 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Masson Marie-Madeleine

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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-Madeleine MASSON-- Date: 27 September 1762 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada
Marie-Madeleine MASSON was the child of Jean-François MASSON and Louise PARÉ

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1728 Birth
11 November 1728
Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Joseph FORGET dit DESPATIE and Marie-Madeleine MASSON 27 September 1762 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 33 years old.

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.