Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE

Born

6 March 1728 , Boucherville, Canada, New France

Died

12 June 1798 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

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Louis MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE Marie-Madeleine BRIEN

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Born: 6 March 1728 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Father: Louis MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine BRIEN

Paternal grandparents: Jean MENARD dit BELLEROSE , Marie-Elisabeth VALIQUET dite LAVERDURE (VALIQUETTE)

Maternal grandparents: Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES , Suzanne BOUVIER

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Antoine married Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) 26 July 1751 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Françoise died 23 May 1777 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Françoise was the child of Étienne DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS and Catherine BISAILLON.

Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE died 12 June 1798 in Saint-Constant, 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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Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE married

Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU)
Marriage date: 26 July 1751
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) was the child of Étienne DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) dit DESTAILLIS and Catherine BISAILLON

Children of Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU)

François MENARD dit BELLEROSE

Born: abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne VAUTRIN 27 February 1786 Place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1728
6 March 1728
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Antoine MENARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) 26 July 1751, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 23 years old.

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.

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.

1777 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Françoise DAIGNEAU (DENEAU) (DENIAU) died 23 May 1777, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
François MENARD dit BELLEROSE married 27 February 1786, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Anne VAUTRIN

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

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

Death — 1798
12 June 1798
Saint-Constant, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 70.

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