Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE

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18 July 1736 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

21 December 1787 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste JANVRIN dit DUFRESNE Marie-Anne D'AMOURS

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Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE was born 18 July 1736 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste JANVRIN dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Anne D'AMOURS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas JANVRIN and Marie-Madeleine BERSON (maternal) Charles DAMOUR dit LOUVIÈRES and Marie Anne THIBODEAU

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Marguerite-Antoinette married Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE 19 June 1758 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE was born abt. 1734 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Alexis died 22 February 1800 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Alexis was the child of Alexis CASAUBON and Madeleine FAFARD.

Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE died 21 December 1787 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, 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 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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Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE-- Date: 19 June 1758 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France
Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE was the child of Alexis CASAUBON and Madeleine FAFARD

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1736 Birth
18 July 1736
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Antoinette JANVRIN dite DUFRESNE and Alexis CASAUBON dit ROCHEVILLE 19 June 1758, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 21 years old.

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.