Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Born

abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

27 September 1817 , Montréal, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

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Born: abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Parents of Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Father

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

Mother

Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

Grandparents of Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Paternal grandparents

Nicolas VANASSE Jeanne BERGERON

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste POTHIER Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

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

Marie-Jeanne married Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 2 February 1761 in Maskinongé, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was born abt. 1738 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . Antoine was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE.

Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE died 27 September 1817 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married

Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE
Marriage date: 2 February 1761
Marriage place: Maskinongé, Canada
Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

Children of Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE

Catherine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Born: abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Prisque CASAUBON 27 July 1788 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Born: 14 January 1767, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 March 1816, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne DUPUIS 24 October 1796 Place: Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Marie-Angelique DESROSIERS

Born: 22 November 1768, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean-Baptiste LAURENCE 8 January 1787 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marie-Jeanne's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE and Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 2 February 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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.

1767 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was born 14 January 1767, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique DESROSIERS was born 22 November 1768, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique DESROSIERS married 8 January 1787, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste LAURENCE

1788 Marriage of Child
Catherine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married 27 July 1788, Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada to Prisque CASAUBON

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE married 24 October 1796 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada to Marie-Anne DUPUIS

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

1816 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 5 March 1816, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Death — 1817
27 September 1817
Montréal, Lower Canada