Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

Born

9 January 1741 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

22 October 1779 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

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Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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Born: 9 January 1741 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE

Mother: Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Paternal grandparents: Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE , Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE , Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

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Marie-Anne married Louis POTHIER 28 January 1754 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis POTHIER was born 15 December 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Louis died 20 October 1779 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Louis was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS.

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE died 22 October 1779 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE married

Louis POTHIER
Marriage date: 28 January 1754
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Louis POTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS

Children of Louis POTHIER and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

Louis POTHIER

Born: 24 May 1758, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 30 August 1822, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Married: Françoise MARCHAND 12 May 1794 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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Birth — 1741
9 January 1741
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE and Louis POTHIER 28 January 1754, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 13 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Louis POTHIER was born 24 May 1758, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Anne was 17 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.