Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY

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26 May 1735 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Died

5 January 1815 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL

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Born: 26 May 1735 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY

Mother: Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL

Paternal grandparents: Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR , Marguerite GUILLET

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL , Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAU

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Marie-Charlotte married Pierre-Antoine POISSON 23 December 1754 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Antoine POISSON was born 9 August 1720 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Pierre-Antoine died 2 June 1792 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Pierre-Antoine was the child of Francois POISSON and Elisabeth DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR.

Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY died 5 January 1815 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY married

Pierre-Antoine POISSON
Marriage date: 23 December 1754
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Pierre-Antoine POISSON was the child of Francois POISSON and Elisabeth DIZY dite MONTPLAISIR

Children of Pierre-Antoine POISSON and Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY

Marie-Francoise POISSON

Born: abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 12 April 1794, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Francois GAUDET 1 February 1773 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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Birth — 1735
26 May 1735
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite TOURIGNY and Pierre-Antoine POISSON 23 December 1754, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 19 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.

1773 Marriage of Child
Marie-Francoise POISSON married 1 February 1773, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Francois GAUDET

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

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Antoine POISSON died 2 June 1792, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1794 Death of Child
Marie-Francoise POISSON died 12 April 1794, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Charlotte was 58 years old.

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

Death — 1815
5 January 1815
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 79.

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