Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU

(b. 11 December 1709 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 September 1789 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU was born 11 December 1709 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU was the child of Jacques RICHER (ÉRICHE) dit LOUVETEAU and Marie GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) (JOUFRIAU) and Marie PRIAULT (BRIAULT)

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Madeleine married François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE 30 October 1730 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE was born 13 July 1707 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). François-Marie was the child of Léonard LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne BEAUDRY.

Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU died 13 September 1789 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU married

François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE-- Date: 30 October 1730 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Léonard LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne BEAUDRY

Children:

Madeleine Libersan Laviolette 1731-1771
Nicolas Libersan Laviolette ca 1733-
Josephte Libersan Laviolette 1741-1819
Charles Libersan Laviolette ca 1752-

Children of François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE and Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU:

Josephte LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE (b.30 July 1741, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 April 1819, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada)
m. Jean HUSERAU 29 January 1759 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1709 Birth
11 December 1709
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1730 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU and François-Marie LIBERSAN dit LAVIOLETTE 30 October 1730, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Josephte LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE was born 30 July 1741, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Madeleine was 31 years old.

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

1759 Marriage of Child
Josephte LIBERSAN dite LAVIOLETTE married 29 January 1759, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Jean HUSERAU

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.