Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

(b. abt. 1788 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 November 1832 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )

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Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was born abt. 1788 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Madeleine-Marie-Anne GENEREUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie-Geneviève CASAUBON (maternal) Jean-Baptiste GENEREUX and Marie-Marguerite RIVIERE (LARIVIERE)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie married Joseph DOUCET 6 November 1809 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DOUCET was born 24 November 1786 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Michel DOUCET and Marguerite AUBIN dite LAMBERT.

Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE died 10 November 1832 in Sainte-Élisabeth, 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 DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married

Joseph DOUCET-- Date: 6 November 1809 Place: Berthier-sur-Mer, Lower Canada
Joseph DOUCET was the child of Michel DOUCET and Marguerite AUBIN dite LAMBERT

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Children of Joseph DOUCET and Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE:

Marguerite DOUCET (b.1 June 1811, Berthierville, Lower Canada d. 24 June 1860, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Canada East )
m. Joseph JOLY 4 February 1828 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Québec, Canada (Ste-Elisabeth)

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1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

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

1809 Marriage / Partner
Marie DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and Joseph DOUCET 6 November 1809, Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)