Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE

(b. 20 June 1713 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 28 July 1795 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE was born 20 June 1713 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE was the child of Pierre ROUSSEAU dit LAJOIE and Louise DUVAL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean DUVAL and Marie-Madeleine LEMAITRE

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Marguerite married Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) 10 April 1741 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 26 December 1706 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph died 16 October 1795 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph was the child of Jacques DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) and Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA).

Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE died 28 July 1795 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE

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Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE married

Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU)-- Date: 10 April 1741 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) was the child of Jacques DENEAU (DENIAU) (DAIGNEAU) and Marie-Françoise DANIAU (DANIA)

Children of Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) and Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE:

Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) (b.21 May 1742, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) (b.4 April 1744, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )

Jean-Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) dit DETAILLY (b.24 May 1747, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1826, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY 30 July 1770 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Marie-Geneviève GIROUX 7 January 1806 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) (b.2 September 1752, Saint-Constant, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre DENEAU (b.11 May 1754, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Barbe MARTIN 10 February 1783 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Marie-Catherine SEDILOT 21 July 1800 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Andre DENEAU (DENIAU) (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Geneviève LEROUX 26 January 1801 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

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1713 Birth
20 June 1713
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite ROUSSEAU dite LAJOIE and Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) 10 April 1741, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 27 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 21 May 1742, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 28 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 4 April 1744, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 30 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Jean-Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) dit DETAILLY was born 24 May 1747, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 33 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph DENEAU (DENIAU) was born 2 September 1752, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 39 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre DENEAU was born 11 May 1754, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Jean-Louis DENEAU (DENIAU) dit DETAILLY married 30 July 1770, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Josephte TREMBLAY

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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Pierre DENEAU married 10 February 1783 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Barbe MARTIN

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

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