Marie-Louise SIMON dite LEONARD

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4 September 1756 , Laval, Canada, New France

Died

22 April 1817 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste SIMON dit LEONARD Marguerite NOLET

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Born: 4 September 1756 in Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste SIMON dit LEONARD

Mother: Marguerite NOLET

Paternal grandparents: Jean SIMON dit LEONARD , Catherine LABELLE

Maternal grandparents: François NOLET dit LARIVIÈRE , Marie-Louise MARANDA dite LATOURELLE

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Marie-Louise married Paul-Athanase LABELLE 16 February 1772 in Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . Paul-Athanase LABELLE was born 21 October 1750 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Paul-Athanase was the child of Joachim LABELLE and Geneviève SÉGUIN.

Marie-Louise SIMON dite LEONARD died 22 April 1817 in 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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Marie-Louise SIMON dite LEONARD married

Paul-Athanase LABELLE
Marriage date: 16 February 1772
Marriage place: Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Paul-Athanase LABELLE was the child of Joachim LABELLE and Geneviève SÉGUIN

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Birth — 1756
4 September 1756
Laval, Canada, New France

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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise SIMON dite LEONARD and Paul-Athanase LABELLE 16 February 1772, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 15 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.