Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS

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4 October 1731 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Died

23 November 1785 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

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Joseph MOUSSEAU Madeleine DAVID

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Born: 4 October 1731 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph MOUSSEAU

Mother: Madeleine DAVID

Paternal grandparents: Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS , Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)

Maternal grandparents: Jacques DAVID , Catherine LUSSIER

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Madeleine married Francois LARCHEVÊQUE 5 February 1759 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Francois LARCHEVÊQUE was born 26 June 1737 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Francois died 23 February 1813 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Francois was the child of Jean-François LARCHEVÊQUE dit LARCHE and Marie-Madeleine PROVOST.

Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS died 23 November 1785 in L'Assomption, 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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Spouse & Children of Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS

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Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS married

Francois LARCHEVÊQUE
Marriage date: 5 February 1759
Marriage place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Francois LARCHEVÊQUE was the child of Jean-François LARCHEVÊQUE dit LARCHE and Marie-Madeleine PROVOST

Children of Francois LARCHEVÊQUE and Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS

Madeleine LARCHEVÊQUE

Born: 19 November 1759, Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 11 March 1784, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre BEAUDOIN 8 February 1779 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Charlotte LARCHEVÊQUE

Born: 29 November 1761, Repentigny, Canada
Died: 14 November 1834, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Charles ROYAL 4 October 1779 Place: Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

François LARCHEVÊQUE

Born: 4 May 1763, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Rose ETHIER 9 February 1790 Place: L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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Birth — 1731
4 October 1731
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS and Francois LARCHEVÊQUE 5 February 1759, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 27 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Madeleine LARCHEVÊQUE was born 19 November 1759, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Charlotte LARCHEVÊQUE was born 29 November 1761, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Madeleine was 30 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.

1763 Birth of Child
François LARCHEVÊQUE was born 4 May 1763, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Madeleine was 31 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LARCHEVÊQUE married 8 February 1779, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Pierre BEAUDOIN

1779 Marriage of Child
Charlotte LARCHEVÊQUE married 4 October 1779, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Charles ROYAL

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)