Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

(b. 15 December 1740 , Kamouraska, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1802 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS was born 15 December 1740 in Kamouraska, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Francois-Toussaint CORDEAU dit DESLAURIERS and Genevieve MICHAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques CORDEAU dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite TOUPIN (maternal) Pierre MICHAUD and Madeleine CADIEUX

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Marie-Catherine married Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS 28 September 1761 in Kamouraska, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 31 August 1735 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste died 27 April 1811 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE.

Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS died 27 April 1802 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada .

m. Roy Jean-Baptiste

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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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Family and Children of Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS

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Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS married

Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS-- Date: 28 September 1761 Place: Kamouraska, Canada
Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS was the child of Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Anne-Bouchard DESERRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS:

Marie-Anne ROY (b.9 August 1762, Kamouraska, Canada d. 9 November 1846, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS 12 February 1787 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS (b.26 March 1771, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 October 1825, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise GAGNON 26 November 1795 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS (b.5 August 1778, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 11 March 1841, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Canada East )
m. Victoire BOUCHARD 13 August 1804 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

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1740 Birth
15 December 1740
Kamouraska, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine CORDEAU dite DESLAURIERS and Jean-Baptiste ROY dit DESJARDINS 28 September 1761, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

She was 20 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ROY was born 9 August 1762, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Catherine was 21 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 26 March 1771, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Catherine was 30 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.

1778 Birth of Child
Joseph ROY dit DESJARDINS was born 5 August 1778, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Marie-Catherine was 37 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROY married 12 February 1787, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Michel-Gabriel PHOCAS

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

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

1795 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROY dit DESJARDINS married 26 November 1795, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse) to Marie-Louise GAGNON

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