Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN

Born

20 September 1725 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

29 December 1790 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre DUREAU (DURAUX) dit POITEVIN Marguerite-Jeanne GÉLINAS

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Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN was born 20 September 1725 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN was the child of Pierre DUREAU (DURAUX) dit POITEVIN and Marguerite-Jeanne GÉLINAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GÉLINAS and Françoise DE CHARMESNIL (MESNY)

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Genevieve married Joseph ARCOUET 9 October 1747 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph ARCOUET was born 23 September 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Joseph died 15 August 1795 in St-Michel-de-Vaudreuil, Canada. Joseph was the child of Pierre ARCOUET dit LAJEUNESSE and Suzanne MASSON.

Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN died 29 December 1790 in Montréal, 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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Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN married

Joseph ARCOUET-- Date: 9 October 1747 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Joseph ARCOUET was the child of Pierre ARCOUET dit LAJEUNESSE and Suzanne MASSON

Children of Joseph ARCOUET and Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN

Genevieve ARCOUET (b.4 February 1749, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 July 1833, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste GARAND 9 November 1767 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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1725 Birth
20 September 1725
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve DUREAU dite POITEVIN and Joseph ARCOUET 9 October 1747, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 22 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Genevieve ARCOUET was born 4 February 1749, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Genevieve was 23 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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Genevieve ARCOUET married 9 November 1767, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Jean-Baptiste GARAND

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.