Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS

(b. 22 May 1752 , Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1780 , Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was born 22 May 1752 in Lavaltrie, Canada, New France

Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS was the child of François-Sulpice MOUSSEAU dit DÉSILETS and Marie-Josephte CADERON ST-PIERRE dite RENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (maternal) Charles-Pierre CADRON RENARD dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Madeleine LANIEL dite DESROSIERS SOULANGE

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Thérèse married Michel BOURDON 30 May 1774 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . Michel BOURDON was born 12 April 1752 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Michel was the child of Michel BOURDON and Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY).

Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS died 5 June 1780 in Lavaltrie, 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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Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS married

Michel BOURDON-- Date: 30 May 1774 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel BOURDON was the child of Michel BOURDON and Angélique COUSSY dite LAFLEUR (COURCY)

Children:

Joseph Bourdon ca 1777-1854

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1752 Birth
22 May 1752
Lavaltrie, 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 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS and Michel BOURDON 30 May 1774, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

She was 22 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.