Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN

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23 January 1760 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

11 October 1822 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

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Born: 23 January 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre-Andre SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Mother: Madeleine BONNIER dite LAPLANTE

Paternal grandparents: André SERRE dit ST-JEAN , Marie-Anne BOILARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques BONNIER dit LAPLANTE , Marie-Madeleine GALIPEAU

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Marie-Marguerite married Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL 15 May 1775 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL was born 28 January 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charles died 26 April 1783 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Charles was the child of Pierre-Paul BOURGEAT dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Jeanne FOURNEAU dite PROVENCAL.

Marie-Marguerite married (2) Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE 28 January 1788 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE was born 27 September 1766 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph died 1 August 1799 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Joseph was the child of Francois MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Josephte CORBEIL.

Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 11 October 1822 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada.

m. Bourgeat Charles
m. Maurice Joseph

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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-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN married

Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL
Marriage date: 15 May 1775
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL was the child of Pierre-Paul BOURGEAT dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Jeanne FOURNEAU dite PROVENCAL

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Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN married

Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE
Marriage date: 28 January 1788
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE was the child of Francois MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Josephte CORBEIL

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Birth — 1760
23 January 1760
Québec Province, Canada

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 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN and Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL 15 May 1775 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

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.

1783 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles BOURGEAT dit PROVENCAL died 26 April 1783, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite SERRE dite ST-JEAN and Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE 28 January 1788, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 28 years old.

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

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

1799 Death of Spouse/Partner
Joseph MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE died 1 August 1799, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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

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

Death — 1822
11 October 1822
Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 62.

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