Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

Born

9 September 1742 , Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Died

26 November 1819 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Pierre DESTROISMAISONS Marguerite GAGNE

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Born: 9 September 1742 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre DESTROISMAISONS

Mother: Marguerite GAGNE

Paternal grandparents: François DESTROISMAISONS , Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

Maternal grandparents: François GAGNÉ , Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE 7 October 1771 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE was born abt. 1718 in Québec Province, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 10 April 1779 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Province of Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Ange MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU.

Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 26 November 1819 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .
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Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married

Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE
Marriage date: 7 October 1771
Marriage place: L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Ange MAROTTE dit LABONTE and Marie-Anne LAURENDEAU

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Basile LABONTE

Born: abt. 1771, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 March 1853, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East

Married: Suzanne CARRIER 6 October 1800 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1742
9 September 1742
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and Jean-Baptiste MAROTTE dit LABONTE 7 October 1771, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 29 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.