Marguerite BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS

Born

29 August 1721 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

4 June 1752 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

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Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS Catherine LEMOINE

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Born: 29 August 1721 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre BERTRAND dit DESROCHERS

Mother: Catherine LEMOINE

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas LEMOINE , Marguerite JASSELIN

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Marguerite married Louis GAGNÉ 1 February 1745 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis GAGNÉ was born 24 August 1719 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER.

Marguerite BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS died 4 June 1752 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .
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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
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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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Marguerite BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS married

Louis GAGNÉ
Marriage date: 1 February 1745
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Louis GAGNÉ was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

Children of Louis GAGNÉ and Marguerite BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS

Marie-Josephe GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE

Born: 30 September 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Louis-Amable SEDILOT dit MONTREUIL 5 November 1764 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1721
29 August 1721
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1745 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BERTRAND dite DESROCHERS and Louis GAGNÉ 1 February 1745, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 23 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE was born 30 September 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite was 28 years old.