Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS

(b. 13 October 1724 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 October 1791 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS was born 13 October 1724 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS was the child of Pierre MARCHETEAU dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Marguerite PILET dite JUILLET and the grandchild of: (maternal) François PILET and Françoise LOISEL

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Marguerite married François COUSINEAU 5 July 1742 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François COUSINEAU was born 21 August 1718 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). François died 8 December 1800 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). François was the child of Jean COUSINEAU and Jeanne BÉNARD.

Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS died 14 October 1791 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, 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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Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS married

François COUSINEAU-- Date: 5 July 1742 Place: Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France
François COUSINEAU was the child of Jean COUSINEAU and Jeanne BÉNARD

Children of François COUSINEAU and Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS:

Veronique COUSINEAU (b.4 January 1743, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1819, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )
m. Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX 12 February 1770 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Josephe COUSINEAU (b.24 February 1756, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1833, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Pierre GOYER dit BELISLE 14 November 1774 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1724 Birth
13 October 1724
Montréal, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MARCHESSAULT dite DESNOYERS and François COUSINEAU 5 July 1742, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Veronique COUSINEAU was born 4 January 1743, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marguerite was 18 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe COUSINEAU was born 24 February 1756, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marguerite was 31 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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Veronique COUSINEAU married 12 February 1770, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Nicolas-Albert DESNOYERS dit LACROIX

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe COUSINEAU married 14 November 1774, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Pierre GOYER dit BELISLE

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.