Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

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24 May 1712 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Died

15 September 1770 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE Marie-Marguerite BERGERON

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Born: 24 May 1712 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite BERGERON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François FOUCAULT , Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST)

Maternal grandparents: François BERGERON , Étiennette LECLERC

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 27 August 1712 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph-Michel died 19 September 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Joseph-Michel was the child of Jean ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE.

Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE died 15 September 1770 in Yamaska, 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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Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE married

Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN
Marriage date: abt. 1747
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was the child of Jean ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Jeanne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

Children of Joseph-Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN and Marie-Madeleine FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN

Born: 15 April 1748, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 17 October 1825, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Catherine HAZEUR 8 February 1773 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Joseph ST-GERMAIN

Born: 2 June 1752, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 16 July 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Louise-Catherine LEFORT 16 February 1778 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN

Born: 8 September 1755, Yamaska, Canada, New France
Died: 1 December 1817, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Gaspard-Marie DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE 10 February 1772 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1712
24 May 1712
Maskinongé, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1748 Birth of Child
Michel ST-GERMAIN dit GAUSSIN was born 15 April 1748, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Madeleine was 35 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Joseph ST-GERMAIN was born 2 June 1752, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Madeleine was 40 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ST-GERMAIN dite GAUSSIN was born 8 September 1755, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Madeleine was 43 years old.

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.