Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS

(b. 25 March 1736 , Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 20 March 1770 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS was born 25 March 1736 in Rimouski, Canada, New France

Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS was the child of Paul LEPAGE and Catherine RIOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) René LEPAGE dit STE-CLAIRE and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON (maternal) Nicolas RIOUX and Louise ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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

Antoine married Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ 14 May 1754 in Rimouski, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ was born 16 November 1730 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic). Marie-Josephte died 19 August 1787 in L'Isle-Verte, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte). Marie-Josephte was the child of Gabriel CÔTÉ and Elisabeth BERNIER.

Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS died 20 March 1770 in Sorel, 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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Family and Children of Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS

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Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS married

Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ-- Date: 14 May 1754 Place: Rimouski, Canada, New France
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Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ was the child of Gabriel CÔTÉ and Elisabeth BERNIER

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Children of Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS and Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ:

Reine LEPAGE (b.12 July 1756, Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1828, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine COTE 16 October 1787 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)
m. Charles-Joseph FOURNIER 4 October 1796 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Geneviève LEPAGE (b.28 December 1757, Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 8 October 1826, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Gabriel DESROSIERS 28 August 1775 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

Alexandre LEPAGE (b.abt. 1759, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 January 1845, Trois-Pistoles, Canada East )
m. Catherine NOLET 13 January 1782 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Rosalie LEPAGE (b.abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 April 1823, Rimouski, Lower Canada )
m. Andre ST-LAURENT 17 July 1783 in Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

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1736 Birth
25 March 1736
Rimouski, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Antoine LEPAGE dit MOLAIS and Marie-Josephte CÔTÉ 14 May 1754, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 18 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Reine LEPAGE was born 12 July 1756, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Antoine was 20 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Geneviève LEPAGE was born 28 December 1757, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

Antoine was 21 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.