Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE

(b. 24 October 1730 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 2 January 1806 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE was born 24 October 1730 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE was the child of Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE and Judith BIGRAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) François BIGRAS dit FAUVEL and Marie BRUNET

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Michel married Claire-Josephe BLAIS 12 February 1753 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . Claire-Josephe BLAIS was born 1 September 1732 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Claire-Josephe died 22 November 1796 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima). Claire-Josephe was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX.

Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE died 2 January 1806 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower 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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Claire-Josephe BLAIS-- Date: 12 February 1753 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Claire-Josephe BLAIS was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX

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1730 Birth
24 October 1730
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE and Claire-Josephe BLAIS 12 February 1753, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 22 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.