Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite ST JEAN

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19 November 1746 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

9 January 1817 , Montréal, Lower Canada

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Geoffroy LEFEBVRE Marie-Josephte QUESNEL

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Born: 19 November 1746 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Geoffroy LEFEBVRE

Mother: Marie-Josephte QUESNEL

Paternal grandparents: Geoffroy LEFEBVRE , Madeleine MICHEL (MICHAUD)

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL , Marie-Jeanne AUBUCHON

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Marie-Josephte married Laurent DAGENAIS 18 January 1768 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Laurent DAGENAIS was born 21 November 1739 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Laurent died 22 November 1816 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Laurent was the child of Laurent DAGENAIS and Elisabeth-Isabelle BRIGNON.

Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite ST JEAN died 9 January 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-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite ST JEAN married

Laurent DAGENAIS
Marriage date: 18 January 1768
Marriage place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Laurent DAGENAIS was the child of Laurent DAGENAIS and Elisabeth-Isabelle BRIGNON

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Sault-au-Récollet

Children of Laurent DAGENAIS and Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite ST JEAN

Marie-Josephte DAGENAIS

Born: 17 October 1768, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 April 1806, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME 14 January 1788 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Louise DAGENAIS

Born: 20 October 1776, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 October 1820, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

Married: Philibert BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR 26 June 1797 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1746
19 November 1746
Montréal, Canada, New France

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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.

1768 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LEFEBVRE dite ST JEAN and Laurent DAGENAIS 18 January 1768, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DAGENAIS was born 17 October 1768, Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Marie-Josephte was 21 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DAGENAIS was born 20 October 1776, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Marie-Josephte was 29 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1788 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte DAGENAIS married 14 January 1788, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean-Baptiste LEMAY dit DELORME

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DAGENAIS married 26 June 1797, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Philibert BRUNET dit BELHUMEUR

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte DAGENAIS died 12 April 1806, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Josephte was 59 years old.

1816 Death of Spouse/Partner
Laurent DAGENAIS died 22 November 1816, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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