Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE

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6 December 1755 , Saint-Constant, Canada, New France

Died

13 December 1796 , Saint-Constant, Lower Canada

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Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX

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Born: 6 December 1755 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France

Father: Claude POISSANT dit LASALINE

Mother: Marie-Catherine LEMIEUX

Paternal grandparents: Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE , Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET)

Maternal grandparents: Jacques LEMIEUX , Catherine DENIGER dite SANSOUCY

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Marie-Catherine married Joseph BOURDEAU 19 July 1773 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BOURDEAU was born 6 January 1759 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 10 August 1836 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Dominique BOURDEAU and Barbe GERVAIS.

Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE died 13 December 1796 in Saint-Constant, 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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Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE married

Joseph BOURDEAU
Marriage date: 19 July 1773
Marriage place: La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph BOURDEAU was the child of Dominique BOURDEAU and Barbe GERVAIS

Children of Joseph BOURDEAU and Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE

Ignace BOURDEAU

Born: 16 September 1790, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Catherine LÉRIGER 28 September 1818 Place: Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1755
6 December 1755
Saint-Constant, Canada, New France

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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Catherine POISSANT dite LASALINE and Joseph BOURDEAU 19 July 1773, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 17 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.