Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE

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16 February 1728 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

28 January 1788 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE Jeanne MORIN

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Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE was born 16 February 1728 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE was the child of Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE and Jeanne MORIN

and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre MORIN and Catherine LEMESLE

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Marie-Felicite married Vincent VEZINA 13 April 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Vincent VEZINA was born 15 January 1723 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Vincent died 26 January 1794 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Vincent was the child of Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE).

Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE died 28 January 1788 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE married

Vincent VEZINA-- Date: 13 April 1750 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Vincent VEZINA was the child of Pierre VÉZINA and Marie-Jeanne LETARTRE (LETARTE)

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Children of Vincent VEZINA and Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE

Felicite VEZINA (b.3 April 1755, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 31 July 1805, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Charles LESSARD 15 January 1781 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

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1728 Birth
16 February 1728
Québec, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Felicite LEGRIS dite LEPINE and Vincent VEZINA 13 April 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 22 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Felicite VEZINA was born 3 April 1755, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Marie-Felicite was 27 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.

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.