Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE

Born

7 February 1732 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Died

31 May 1811 , Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada

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Charles-Michel-François RENOUX Catherine MARIN

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Born: 7 February 1732 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Father: Charles-Michel-François RENOUX

Mother: Catherine MARIN

Paternal grandparents: François RENOU dit LACHAPELLE , Marguerite CREVIER

Maternal grandparents: Charles MARIN dit DELMARGUE , Marie-Madeleine NIQUET

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Marguerite married Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE 8 September 1749 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE was born 7 December 1726 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Joseph died 17 September 1796 in Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce). Pierre-Joseph was the child of François GAMELIN dit LAUNIERE and Marie-Catherine DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS.

Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE died 31 May 1811 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada .

m. Launiere Pierre-Joseph

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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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Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE married

Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE
Marriage date: 8 September 1749
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE was the child of François GAMELIN dit LAUNIERE and Marie-Catherine DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

Children of Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE and Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE

Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN

Born: 24 April 1756, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1823, L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX 1 March 1791 Place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

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Birth — 1732
7 February 1732
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE and Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE 8 September 1749, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN was born 24 April 1756, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 24 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.

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN married 1 March 1791, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation) to Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX

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