Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX

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5 May 1771 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 December 1833 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada

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Joseph BRASSARD dit DESCHENEAUX Madeleine VALLEE

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Born: 5 May 1771 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Joseph BRASSARD dit DESCHENEAUX

Mother: Madeleine VALLEE

Paternal grandparents: Charles BRASSARD dit DESCHENAUX , Marie-Josephe HUBERT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste VALLEE , Anne GENDRON

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Marie-Josephe married Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN 1 March 1791 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN was born 24 April 1756 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Michel died 17 March 1823 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Michel was the child of Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE and Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE.

Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX died 8 December 1833 in L'Ancienne Lorette, 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-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX married

Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN
Marriage date: 1 March 1791
Marriage place: L'Ancienne Lorette, Lower Canada
Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN was the child of Pierre-Joseph LAUNIERE and Marguerite RENOUX dite LACHAPELLE

Children of Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN and Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX

Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN

Born: 23 June 1793, Beauceville, Lower Canada
Died: 17 September 1840, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada

Married: Francois-Michel-Edouard LARUE 22 July 1817 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1771
5 May 1771
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1791 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe BRASSARD dite DESCHENEAUX and Michel LAUNIERE dit GAMELIN 1 March 1791, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

She was 19 years old.

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

1793 Birth of Child
Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN was born 23 June 1793, Beauceville, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Beauce)

Marie-Josephe was 22 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Adelaide LAUNIERE dite GAMELIN married 22 July 1817, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Francois-Michel-Edouard LARUE

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England