Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE

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7 August 1747 , Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Died

24 March 1817 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Pierre BACQUET dit LAMONTAGNE Marguerite MONTMINY

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Born: 7 August 1747 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BACQUET dit LAMONTAGNE

Mother: Marguerite MONTMINY

Paternal grandparents: Francois BACQUET dit LAMONTAGNE , Renee-Isabelle GUENETTE

Maternal grandparents: Joseph MONTMINY , Marie-Angelique FORGUES

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Marguerite married Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL 4 November 1771 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL was born abt. 1720 in Avranches, France. Robert-Leonard died 17 December 1806 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE died 24 March 1817 in Québec, 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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Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE married

Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL
Marriage date: 4 November 1771
Marriage place: Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Children of Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL and Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE

Pierre ROUSSEL

Born: 25 September 1772, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 June 1848, Les Éboulements, Canada East

Married: Victoire BILODEAU 24 August 1819 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1747
7 August 1747
Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BACQUET dite LAMONTAGNE and Robert-Leonard ROUSSEL 4 November 1771, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 24 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Pierre ROUSSEL was born 25 September 1772, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 25 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.