Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS

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5 August 1751 , Louiseville, Canada, New France

Died

18 August 1830 , Louiseville, Lower Canada

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Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS Angelique LABRECHE dite DEZIEL

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Born: 5 August 1751 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS

Mother: Angelique LABRECHE dite DEZIEL

Paternal grandparents: Guillaume BILLY dit ST-LOUIS , Marie-Madeleine NORMANDIN

Maternal grandparents: Pierre DELGUEL dit LABRÈCHE , Marie-Anne-Jeanne BARON dite LUPIEN

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Madeleine married Joseph DESROSIERS 9 January 1769 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DESROSIERS was born 29 January 1751 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Joseph died 5 November 1810 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS and Marie-Anne LESAGE.

Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS died 18 August 1830 in Louiseville, 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 BILLY dite ST-LOUIS married

Joseph DESROSIERS
Marriage date: 9 January 1769
Marriage place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph DESROSIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS and Marie-Anne LESAGE

Children of Joseph DESROSIERS and Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS

Marguerite DESROSIERS

Born: abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE 31 January 1803 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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Birth — 1751
5 August 1751
Louiseville, Canada, New France

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

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BILLY dite ST-LOUIS and Joseph DESROSIERS 9 January 1769, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

She was 17 years old.

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)

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DESROSIERS married 31 January 1803, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE