Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE

(b. 7 May 1723 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 17 October 1807 , Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE was born 7 May 1723 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE was the child of Pierre PICOT dit BARRIÈRE and Madeleine BROSSEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas BROUSSEAU (BROSSEAU) and Madeleine HUPPÉ

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Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN 21 January 1743 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN was born 9 December 1718 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Jean-Baptiste died 30 April 1761 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jacques COITOU dit ST-JEAN and Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE.

Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE died 17 October 1807 in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, 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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Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE married

Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN-- Date: 21 January 1743 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN was the child of Jacques COITOU dit ST-JEAN and Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

Children of Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN and Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE:

Marie-Françoise COITEUX (b.1 December 1744, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Antoine COURTEMANCHE 16 June 1766 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Agathe COITOU dite ST JEAN (b.25 April 1746, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1784, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Andre PAQUET dit LAVALLEE 15 February 1768 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1723 Birth
7 May 1723
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1743 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PICOTE dite BARRIÈRE and Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN 21 January 1743, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 19 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise COITEUX was born 1 December 1744, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Madeleine was 21 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Agathe COITOU dite ST JEAN was born 25 April 1746, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Madeleine was 22 years old.

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

1761 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste COITOU dit ST JEAN died 30 April 1761, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise COITEUX married 16 June 1766, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Antoine COURTEMANCHE

1768 Marriage of Child
Agathe COITOU dite ST JEAN married 15 February 1768, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Andre PAQUET dit LAVALLEE

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Child
Agathe COITOU dite ST JEAN died 5 May 1784, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Madeleine was 61 years old.

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)

1807 Death
17 October 1807
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 84.

Added: 2/23/2020 11:01:12 AM - Updated: 5/15/2020 10:12:23 AM