Marie-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

Born

12 January 1771 , Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

15 July 1838 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada

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Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS Marie-Josephte RICHAUME dite PETRUS

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Born: 12 January 1771 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS

Mother: Marie-Josephte RICHAUME dite PETRUS

Paternal grandparents: Claude HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS , Jeanne-Françoise MARION

Maternal grandparents: Pierre RICHAUME dit PETRUS , Marie-Josephe ARCHAMBAULT

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Marie-Anne married François-Benjamin LEROUX 28 January 1788 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Benjamin LEROUX was born 11 December 1753 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. François-Benjamin died 7 June 1828 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). François-Benjamin was the child of Pierre-Louis LEROUX and Marie-Charlotte CHRETIEN.

Marie-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS died 15 July 1838 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada .

m. Leroux Francois-Benjamin

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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-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS married

François-Benjamin LEROUX
Marriage date: 28 January 1788
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
François-Benjamin LEROUX was the child of Pierre-Louis LEROUX and Marie-Charlotte CHRETIEN

Children of François-Benjamin LEROUX and Marie-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

Marie LEROUX

Born: 19 November 1788, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 8 August 1871, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada

Married: Claude GIGUERE 17 February 1806 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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Birth — 1771
12 January 1771
Laval, 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)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS and François-Benjamin LEROUX 28 January 1788, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 17 years old.

1788 Birth of Child
Marie LEROUX was born 19 November 1788, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Anne 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)

1806 Marriage of Child
Marie LEROUX married 17 February 1806, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Claude GIGUERE

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

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