Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS

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19 February 1742 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

28 September 1816 , Québec, Lower Canada

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Jean-Marie DASSYLVA Marie-Angélique AMIOT

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Born: 19 February 1742 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Marie DASSYLVA

Mother: Marie-Angélique AMIOT

Paternal grandparents: Pedro Pierre DASSYLVA , Marie-Jeanne GRESLON

Maternal grandparents: Etienne AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE , Jeanne DEROME dite DESCARREAUX

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Genevieve never married Jean ADENE abt. 1774 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean ADENE was born abt. 1740

Genevieve married (2) Louis MOREAU 21 July 1792 in Québec, Lower Canada . Louis MOREAU was born abt. 1729 in St-Romain, Gironde, France. Louis died 10 November 1803 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS died 28 September 1816 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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Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS never married

Jean ADENE
Marriage date: abt. 1774
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They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Jean ADENE and Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS

Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS

Born: February 1774, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 28 January 1848, La Malbaie, Canada East

Married: Marguerite BERIAULT 1 June 1795 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS married

Louis MOREAU
Marriage date: 21 July 1792
Marriage place: Québec, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1742
19 February 1742
Québec, 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.

1774 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS was born February 1774, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Genevieve was 31 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.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve DASSYLVA dite PORTUGAIS and Louis MOREAU 21 July 1792, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 50 years old.

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

1795 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS married 1 June 1795, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Marguerite BERIAULT

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)