Marie-Helene OUDIN dite LEFRANC

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30 January 1777 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

29 December 1849 , Saint-Casimir, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste OUDIN Helene Marguerite THIBODEAU

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Born: 30 January 1777 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste OUDIN

Mother: Helene Marguerite THIBODEAU

Maternal grandparents: Prosper THIBODEAU , Helene BARIAU (BERIAULT)

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Marie-Helene married Paul VALLEE 4 November 1800 in Montréal, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul VALLEE was born 10 October 1768 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Paul died 26 April 1846 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Paul was the child of Louis VALLÉE and Françoise BOUDREAU.

Marie-Helene OUDIN dite LEFRANC died 29 December 1849 in Saint-Casimir, Canada East.
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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-Helene OUDIN dite LEFRANC married

Paul VALLEE
Marriage date: 4 November 1800
Marriage place: Montréal, Lower Canada
Paul VALLEE was the child of Louis VALLÉE and Françoise BOUDREAU

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Children of Paul VALLEE and Marie-Helene OUDIN dite LEFRANC

Marguerite VALLEE

Born: 28 August 1801, La-Pérade, Lower Canada
Died: 18 August 1876, Saint-Casimir, Québec, Canada

Married: Aime VALLEE 3 February 1845 Place: La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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Birth — 1777
30 January 1777
Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Helene OUDIN dite LEFRANC and Paul VALLEE 4 November 1800, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 23 years old.

1801 Birth of Child
Marguerite VALLEE was born 28 August 1801, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Helene was 24 years old.

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