Thérèse MARTIN dite ST-JEAN

(b. 9 April 1742 , Les Cèdres, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1781 , Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was born 9 April 1742 in Les Cèdres, Canada, New France

Thérèse MARTIN dite ST-JEAN was the child of Jean MARTIN dit ST-JEAN and Thérèse HÉNAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre HUNEAULT (ENAUD, HÉNAULT) dit CANADA and Marie-Anne RATEL

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Thérèse married Jacques LEGROS 26 February 1759 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . Jacques LEGROS was born 13 October 1736 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Jacques died 27 September 1813 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Jacques was the child of Jacques LEGROS and Genevieve LEROUX.

Thérèse MARTIN dite ST-JEAN died 1 April 1781 in Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, 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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Jacques LEGROS-- Date: 26 February 1759 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques LEGROS was the child of Jacques LEGROS and Genevieve LEROUX

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1742 Birth
9 April 1742
Les Cèdres, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MARTIN dite ST-JEAN and Jacques LEGROS 26 February 1759, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 16 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.