Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS

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18 December 1722 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

6 May 1777 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

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Born: 18 December 1722 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS

Mother: Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT

Paternal grandparents: Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS , Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU)

Maternal grandparents: Florent LECLERC , Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Geneviève married Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC 23 November 1745 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC was born 31 March 1716 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Jean-Baptiste died 21 March 1797 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Jean-Baptiste was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU.

Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS died 6 May 1777 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC
Marriage date: 23 November 1745
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

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Birth — 1722
18 December 1722
Champlain, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS and Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC 23 November 1745, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 22 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.