Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE

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6 December 1730 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

1 November 1796 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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Esprit SENET (SENEZ)Marguerite BRAZEAU

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Born: 6 December 1730 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Esprit SENET (SENEZ)

Mother: Marguerite BRAZEAU

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas BRAZEAU , Anne PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

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Marie-Marguerite married Joseph DUFOUR 24 October 1752 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph DUFOUR was born 3 March 1729 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Joseph died 2 April 1806 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre DUFOUR dit LATOUR and Geneviève GUIGNARD.

Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE died 1 November 1796 in Lavaltrie, 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-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE married

Joseph DUFOUR
Marriage date: 24 October 1752
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph DUFOUR was the child of Pierre DUFOUR dit LATOUR and Geneviève GUIGNARD

Children of Joseph DUFOUR and Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE

Thérèse DUFOUR dite LATOUR

Born: 11 October 1765, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre LIENARD dit MONDOR 29 October 1781 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marguerite DUFOUR dite LATOUR

Born: abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre HAM dit CHAUSSE 8 February 1796 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1730
6 December 1730
Montréal, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite SENET (SENEZ) dite DELACHESNAYE and Joseph DUFOUR 24 October 1752, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

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

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.

1765 Birth of Child
Thérèse DUFOUR dite LATOUR was born 11 October 1765, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Marguerite was 34 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.