Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS

(b. 12 August 1729 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 26 October 1809 , Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS was born 12 August 1729 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS was the child of Pierre-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Catherine LOIGNON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Marc-Antoine CANAC dit MARQUIS and Jeanne NOURICE (maternal) Charles-Joseph LOIGNON and Marie-Marguerite ROULOIS

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph CAMPAGNA 11 January 1745 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Joseph CAMPAGNA was born 25 January 1709 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 26 April 1782 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Charles CAMPAGNA and Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN.

Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS died 26 October 1809 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada.
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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 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-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS married

Joseph CAMPAGNA-- Date: 11 January 1745 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Joseph CAMPAGNA was the child of Charles CAMPAGNA and Marie-Madeleine BLOUIN

Children of Joseph CAMPAGNA and Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS:

Jean CAMPAGNA (b.26 August 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 October 1841, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada)
m. Madeleine-Benoni GAGNON 20 October 1777 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1729 Birth
12 August 1729
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine CANAC dite MARQUIS and Joseph CAMPAGNA 11 January 1745 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 15 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean CAMPAGNA was born 26 August 1752, Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Madeleine was 23 years old.

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

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.

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.