Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE

(b. 12 October 1739 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 19 May 1767 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE was born 12 October 1739 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE was the child of Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Charlotte MARTIN (maternal) François DUVAL dit DUPONTHAUT and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Marie-Geneviève married Joseph-Noël PROVOST 18 August 1760 in Lavaltrie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Noël PROVOST was born 3 January 1735 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Joseph-Noël died 24 July 1792 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Joseph-Noël was the child of Noel PROVOST and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE.

Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE died 19 May 1767 in Berthierville, 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-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE married

Joseph-Noël PROVOST-- Date: 18 August 1760 Place: Lavaltrie, Canada
Joseph-Noël PROVOST was the child of Noel PROVOST and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE

Children of Joseph-Noël PROVOST and Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE:

Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL (b.25 May 1761, Lavaltrie, Canada d. 24 September 1797, Lanoraie, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Nicolas BONIN dit STE-MARIE 1778

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1739 Birth
12 October 1739
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE and Joseph-Noël PROVOST 18 August 1760, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 20 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL was born 25 May 1761, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Geneviève was 21 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.