Jacques
MOREAU dit DESROSIERS
Born
12 October 1710
,
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died
2 January 1789
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
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Jacques MOREAU dit DESROSIERS was born 12 October 1710 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques MOREAU dit DESROSIERS was the child of Daniel MOREAU dit DESROSIERS and Marie GROULX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GROULX and Marie-Anne GOGUET (GOYETTE)Jacques MOREAU dit DESROSIERS died 2 January 1789 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
m. Lauzon Genevieve
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1710 Birth 12 October 1710
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France1763 - 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.
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)
1789 Death 2 January 1789
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
He died at the age of 78.
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