Marguerite MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX

Born

2 October 1724 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

16 November 1793 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Pierre MONCIAU dit DESORMEAUX Marie-Marguerite AUGER dite BARON

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Born: 2 October 1724 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre MONCIAU dit DESORMEAUX

Mother: Marie-Marguerite AUGER dite BARON

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste AUGER dit BARON , Marie-Françoise BON dite LACOMBE

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Marguerite married Charles GRATTON 24 July 1758 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France . Charles GRATTON was born 1 June 1733 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Charles died 27 October 1804 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Joseph GRATTON (GRATON) and Marguerite FEUILLON (FILION).

Marguerite MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX died 16 November 1793 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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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Charles GRATTON
Marriage date: 24 July 1758
Marriage place: Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Canada, New France
Charles GRATTON was the child of Joseph GRATTON (GRATON) and Marguerite FEUILLON (FILION)

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Birth — 1724
2 October 1724
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MONCIAU dite DESORMEAUX and Charles GRATTON 24 July 1758, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada

She 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.