Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

(b. abt. 1766 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born abt. 1766 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Joseph DESROCHERS dit LAFRENIERE and Veronique GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine LEFEBVRE (maternal) Étienne GAUTHIER and Marie-Anne-Jeanne CELLE (DECELLES) dite DUCLOS

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN 20 August 1799 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN was born 2 June 1766 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Jean-Baptiste died 21 November 1847 in Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Andre THERRIEN and Marie LEMIRE.

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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Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married

Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN-- Date: 20 August 1799 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN was the child of Andre THERRIEN and Marie LEMIRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN and Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE:

Julien THERRIEN (b.21 December 1802, Nicolet, Lower Canada d. 4 June 1885, Sainte-Monique, Nicolet, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Barbe BASTARACHE 6 February 1826 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1799 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and Jean-Baptiste THERRIEN 20 August 1799, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)