Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS

(b. 7 October 1763 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 May 1831 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS was born 7 October 1763 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS was the child of Joseph DESROSIERS dit DARGIS and Marie-Anne PINEL dite BELLEFEUILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROSIERS and Louise-Thérèse DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN (maternal) Nicolas PINEL and Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite ANGERS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Gervais PARENTEAU 13 November 1786 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Gervais PARENTEAU was born 27 December 1755 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Gervais died 6 May 1836 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Gervais was the child of Augustin PARENTEAU and Angélique VANASSE.

Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS died 20 May 1831 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Parenteau Gervais

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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 DESROSIERS dite DARGIS married

Gervais PARENTEAU-- Date: 13 November 1786 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Gervais PARENTEAU was the child of Augustin PARENTEAU and Angélique VANASSE

Children of Gervais PARENTEAU and Marie DESROSIERS dite DARGIS:

Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU (b.25 July 1791, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Elisabeth PAGE 30 January 1815 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1763 Birth
7 October 1763
Trois-Rivières, 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 DESROSIERS dite DARGIS and Gervais PARENTEAU 13 November 1786, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 23 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU was born 25 July 1791, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie was 27 years old.

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

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

1815 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PARENTEAU married 30 January 1815, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Elisabeth PAGE

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