Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS

(b. 19 February 1700 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 10 June 1784 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was born 19 February 1700 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was the child of Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MOUSSEAU dit LAVIOLETTE and Marguerite SAUVIOT dite LAVERGNE (maternal) Antoine DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Marie-Anne RICHARD

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Marguerite-Anne married Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL 27 July 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL was born 20 April 1697 in France. Jean-Baptiste died 10 June 1743 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie).

Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS died 10 June 1784 in Sorel, 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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Family and Children of Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS

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Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS married

Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL-- Date: 27 July 1723 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Children:

Jean-Baptiste Vadnais 1724-
Joseph Vadnais
Nicolas Vadnais ca 1727-1765
Antoine Vadnais 1730-
Louis Vadnais 1737-
François Vadnais 1739-1831

Children of Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL and Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS:

Nicolas VADENAIS (VADNAIS) (b.3 March 1726, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 15 November 1765, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Catherine PLANTE 14 April 1760 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Antoine VADNAIS (VADENAIS) (b.10 February 1730, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1808, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Francoise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES 20 November 1758 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Joseph VADNAIS (b.25 October 1734, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 10 July 1823, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE 25 October 1756 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François VADENAIS (VADNAIS) (b.22 December 1739, Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 20 September 1831, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marie PELOQUIN 13 January 1772 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Louis VADENAIS (VADNAIS) (b.21 December 1739, Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Agathe HETU 7 February 1763 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

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1700 Birth
19 February 1700
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1723 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS and Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL 27 July 1723, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Nicolas VADENAIS (VADNAIS) was born 3 March 1726, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Anne was 26 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Antoine VADNAIS (VADENAIS) was born 10 February 1730, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite-Anne was 29 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Joseph VADNAIS was born 25 October 1734, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marguerite-Anne was 34 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Louis VADENAIS (VADNAIS) was born 21 December 1739, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marguerite-Anne was 39 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
François VADENAIS (VADNAIS) was born 22 December 1739, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marguerite-Anne was 39 years old.

1743 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL died 10 June 1743, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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

1756 Marriage of Child
Joseph VADNAIS married 25 October 1756, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE

1758 Marriage of Child
Antoine VADNAIS (VADENAIS) married 20 November 1758, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Francoise LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

1760 Marriage of Child
Nicolas VADENAIS (VADNAIS) married 14 April 1760, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Marie-Catherine PLANTE

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
Louis VADENAIS (VADNAIS) married 7 February 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine) to Marie-Agathe HETU

1765 Death of Child
Nicolas VADENAIS (VADNAIS) died 15 November 1765, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marguerite-Anne was 65 years old.

1772 Marriage of Child
François VADENAIS (VADNAIS) married 13 January 1772, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie PELOQUIN

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.