Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

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23 October 1728 , Deschaillons, Canada, New France

Died

20 July 1808 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF

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Born: 23 October 1728 in Deschaillons, Canada, New France

Father: Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Mother: Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF

Paternal grandparents: Gaspard ROIROUX dit LALIBERTÉ , Marguerite HÉBERT dite LAVERDURE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEBOEUF , Marie-Thérèse LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT

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Michel married Catherine MAILLOT abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine MAILLOT was born abt. 1728 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Catherine died 8 June 1780 in Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons). Catherine was the child of Jacques MAILLOT and Angélique HOUY dite ST-LAURENT.

Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ died 20 July 1808 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married

Catherine MAILLOT
Marriage date: abt. 1752
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Catherine MAILLOT was the child of Jacques MAILLOT and Angélique HOUY dite ST-LAURENT

Children of Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Catherine MAILLOT

Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Born: 11 May 1757, Deschaillons, Canada, New France
Died: 31 May 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Marguerite VEZINA 8 January 1781 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ

Born: 23 July 1762, Deschaillons, Canada
Died: 1 May 1833, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Francois RIVARD dit LAVIGNE 17 February 1783 Place: Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

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Birth — 1728
23 October 1728
Deschaillons, Canada, New France

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

1757 Birth of Child
Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ was born 11 May 1757, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Michel was 28 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was born 23 July 1762, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Michel was 33 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.

1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine MAILLOT died 8 June 1780, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

1781 Marriage of Child
Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married 8 January 1781, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada to Marguerite VEZINA

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Elisabeth ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ married 17 February 1783, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons) to Francois RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

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)

Death — 1808
20 July 1808
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 79.

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