Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT

(b. 6 August 1724 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1785 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT was born 6 August 1724 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT was the child of François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Noel VANASSE and Jeanne FOURRIER (maternal) Jean LE FETTEY dit LAMONTAGNE and Suzanne RABOUIN

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Louis married Therese LEMAY 20 June 1746 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Therese LEMAY was born abt. 1723 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese died 28 June 1806 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Therese was the child of Michel LEMAY and Marie-Genevieve MAROTTE dite LABONTÉ.

Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT died 15 May 1785 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT

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Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT married

Therese LEMAY-- Date: 20 June 1746 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Therese LEMAY was the child of Michel LEMAY and Marie-Genevieve MAROTTE dite LABONTÉ

Children of Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Therese LEMAY:

Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE (b.2 November 1746, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1799, La-Pérade, Lower Canada )
m. Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET 10 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis PRECOURT (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 August 1843, )

Joseph PRECOURT (b.30 June 1759, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 19 August 1834, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (exterior)
Église de Saint-François-Xavier
440, rue Notre-Dame, Saint-François-du-Lac, QUÉBEC
Established 1714

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1724 Birth
6 August 1724
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Therese LEMAY 20 June 1746, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE was born 2 November 1746, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 22 years old.

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

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph PRECOURT was born 30 June 1759, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 34 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE married 10 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET

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.