Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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20 May 1754 , Berthierville, Canada, New France

Died

19 January 1823 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

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Born: 20 May 1754 in Berthierville, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

Mother: Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Paternal grandparents: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE , Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE , Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

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Madeleine married Prisque FERLAND 12 February 1770 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Prisque FERLAND was born 15 February 1744 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Prisque died 19 September 1822 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . Prisque was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Angelique PAQUET.

Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE died 19 January 1823 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada .
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Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married

Prisque FERLAND
Marriage date: 12 February 1770
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Prisque FERLAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste FERLAND and Angelique PAQUET

Children of Prisque FERLAND and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Marie-Amable FERLAND

Born: 18 February 1789, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Nicolas RIVAL dit BELLEROSE 16 August 1813 Place: Berthierville, Lower Canada

Leon FERLAND

Born: 19 February 1796, Berthierville, Lower Canada
Died: 4 February 1864, Lanoraie, Canada East

Married: Marie-Josephte BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE 10 November 1817 Place: Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1754
20 May 1754
Berthierville, Canada, New France

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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and Prisque FERLAND 12 February 1770, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 15 years old.

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)

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable FERLAND was born 18 February 1789, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Madeleine was 34 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1796 Birth of Child
Leon FERLAND was born 19 February 1796, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Madeleine was 41 years old.

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable FERLAND married 16 August 1813, Berthierville, Lower Canada to François-Nicolas RIVAL dit BELLEROSE

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Leon FERLAND married 10 November 1817, Lanoraie, Lower Canada to Marie-Josephte BEAUGRAND dite CHAMPAGNE

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England