Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX

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9 January 1760 , Sorel, Canada

Died

12 November 1821 , Sorel, Lower Canada

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Charles PELOQUIN dit FELIX Élisabeth SALVAIL

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Born: 9 January 1760 in Sorel, Canada

Father: Charles PELOQUIN dit FELIX

Mother: Élisabeth SALVAIL

Paternal grandparents: Felix PELOQUIN dit CREDIT , Marie PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

Maternal grandparents: Pierre SALVAIL (SALVAYE) dit TREMONT , Geneviève HUS PAUL

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Madeleine married Joseph HUS MILLET 19 February 1776 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph HUS MILLET was born 18 August 1749 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Joseph died 2 August 1832 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Joseph was the child of François HUS dit MILLET and Marie-Louise CARTIER.

Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX died 12 November 1821 in Sorel, 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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Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX married

Joseph HUS MILLET
Marriage date: 19 February 1776
Marriage place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph HUS MILLET was the child of François HUS dit MILLET and Marie-Louise CARTIER

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Birth — 1760
9 January 1760
Sorel, Canada

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.

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PÉLOQUIN dite FÉLIX and Joseph HUS MILLET 19 February 1776, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 16 years old.