Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

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5 March 1717 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

15 January 1791 , Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

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André SERRE dit ST-JEAN Marie-Anne BOILARD

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Born: 5 March 1717 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: André SERRE dit ST-JEAN

Mother: Marie-Anne BOILARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean BOILARD (BOISLARD) , Jeanne MARANDEAU (MARANDA)

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Marie-Françoise married Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH 23 January 1736 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH was born abt. 1704 in Saint-Pierre-de-Cerizay, Poitiers, France. Mathurin died 16 August 1779 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine).

Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN died 15 January 1791 in Lavaltrie, 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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Spouse & Children of Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

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Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN married

Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH
Marriage date: 23 January 1736
Marriage place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marriage notes:

Sere (5) Andre, fils de Jean at de Marie Magdeleine, de St-Martin, dans le Languedoc.

Boilard (7), Marie-Anne, b. 1682.

Marie Francoise, b. 6 mars 1717; m. 23 janvier 1736 a Mathurin Fuseau

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Volume 7

Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay

Author Cyprien Tanguay

Publisher E. Senécal, 1890

Original from Oxford University

Digitized Sep 20, 2007

Page 171

Children of Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH and Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN

Madeleine FUSEAU dite ROCH

Born: abt. 1736, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 27 November 1799, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: François VIALET dit LAVIOLETTE 29 May 1752 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH

Born: abt. 1738, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 7 April 1820, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU) 3 October 1763 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Married: Marguerite BUSSEAU dite LACOUTURE 11 January 1802 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Married: Françoise TRUDEL 7 February 1820 Place: Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise FUSEAU dite ROCH

Born: 6 August 1740, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1810, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: René Ernst LIPPÉ 28 April 1763 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Anonyme FUSEAU

Born: 15 July 1742, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Died: 15 July 1742, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Antoine-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH

Born: 15 February 1750, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 7 April 1821 , Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Geneviève TELLIER 25 October 1773 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

François-D'assises FUSEAU dit ROCH

Born: 1 June 1752, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 24 July 1810, Berthierville, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Judith TELLIER 21 June 1779 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Elizabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH

Born: 15 December 1754, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 15 March 1757, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH

Born: 20 April 1756, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 19 August 1756, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Marie-Reine FUSEAU dite ROCH

Born: 25 September 1757, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France
Died: 5 March 1837, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR 11 September 1780 Place: Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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Birth — 1717
5 March 1717
Montréal, Canada, New France

1717 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

6 Mar 1717

M. Francoise Sert
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1736 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise SERRE dite ST-JEAN and Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH 23 January 1736, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 6 August 1740, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Françoise was 23 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Anonyme FUSEAU was born 15 July 1742, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Françoise was 25 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Antoine-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 15 February 1750, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 32 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FUSEAU dite ROCH married 29 May 1752, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to François VIALET dit LAVIOLETTE

1752 Birth of Child
François-D'assises FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 1 June 1752, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 35 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Elizabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 15 December 1754, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 37 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste FUSEAU dit ROCH was born 20 April 1756, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 39 years old.

1757 Death of Child
Elizabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH died 15 March 1757, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 40 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Reine FUSEAU dite ROCH was born 25 September 1757, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Françoise was 40 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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise FUSEAU dite ROCH married 28 April 1763, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to René Ernst LIPPÉ

1763 Marriage of Child
Mathurin-Joseph FUSEAU dit ROCH married 3 October 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Marie-Josephte COUTU (COTTU)

1773 Marriage of Child
Antoine-Sulpice FUSEAU dit ROCH married 25 October 1773, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Geneviève TELLIER

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
François-D'assises FUSEAU dit ROCH married 21 June 1779, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Judith TELLIER

1779 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathurin FUSEAU dit ROCH died 16 August 1779, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Reine FUSEAU dite ROCH married 11 September 1780, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Jean-Jacques COUSSY dit LAFLEUR

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)