Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF

(b. 2 May 1730 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 21 December 1766 , Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF was born 2 May 1730 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF was the child of René MENEUX and Elisabeth ROCHON (ROCHERON) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MENEUX dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marguerite PEUVRIER (maternal) Gervais ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Marie-Madeleine GUYON

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Marie-Marthe married Jerome ELIE dit BRETON 22 February 1751 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . Jerome ELIE dit BRETON was born 1 November 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Jerome was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME.

Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF died 21 December 1766 in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, 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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Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF married

Jerome ELIE dit BRETON-- Date: 22 February 1751 Place: Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Jerome ELIE dit BRETON was the child of Pierre ELIE dit BRETON and Marie-Helene GROMELIN dite LAFORME

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1730 Birth
2 May 1730
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marthe MENEU dite CHATEAUNEUF and Jerome ELIE dit BRETON 22 February 1751, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

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.