Marie-Marguerite DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC

Born

16 May 1769 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

20 March 1813 , Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Michel DESMARAIS Therese LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU)

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Born: 16 May 1769 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel DESMARAIS

Mother: Therese LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Paul-Charles DESMARAIS , Marie-Catherine FERRÉ dite LACHAPELLE

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Sulpice LESCARBOT (LESCARBEAU) , Marie-Louise BOUSQUET

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Marie-Marguerite married Louis-Amable THIBAULT 4 July 1786 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis-Amable THIBAULT was born 3 January 1760 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Louis-Amable died 26 April 1808 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Louis-Amable was the child of Joseph THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Marguerite-Marie VANDANDAIGUE.

Marie-Marguerite DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC died 20 March 1813 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada.

m. Thibault Louis-Amable

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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 DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC married

Louis-Amable THIBAULT
Marriage date: 4 July 1786
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis-Amable THIBAULT was the child of Joseph THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Marguerite-Marie VANDANDAIGUE

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Birth — 1769
16 May 1769
Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC and Louis-Amable THIBAULT 4 July 1786, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

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

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

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