Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX

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12 March 1758 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Died

26 November 1812 , Champlain, Lower Canada

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Michel LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX Madeleine ARSENAULT

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Born: 12 March 1758 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Father: Michel LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX

Mother: Madeleine ARSENAULT

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX , Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Francois ARSENAULT , Marie-Angelique DESHAYES

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Marie-Anne married Pierre TOUPIN 29 January 1774 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre TOUPIN was born 4 July 1754 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Pierre died 10 October 1803 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN and Elisabeth BEAUDOIN.

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX died 26 November 1812 in Champlain, 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-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX married

Pierre TOUPIN
Marriage date: 29 January 1774
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Pierre TOUPIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN and Elisabeth BEAUDOIN

Children of Pierre TOUPIN and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX

Marie-Anne TOUPIN

Born: 21 March 1775, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 December 1827, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph-Pierre-Edouard RIVARD dit LORANGER 26 April 1802 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

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Birth — 1758
12 March 1758
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX and Pierre TOUPIN 29 January 1774, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 15 years old.

1775 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TOUPIN was born 21 March 1775, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Marie-Anne was 17 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

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

1802 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne TOUPIN married 26 April 1802, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Joseph-Pierre-Edouard RIVARD dit LORANGER