Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

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abt. 1733 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

8 May 1815 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS Marie-Josephe JOYAL

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Born: abt. 1733 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Pierre ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS

Mother: Marie-Josephe JOYAL

Paternal grandparents: René ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS , Marguerite GIRARD

Maternal grandparents: Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) , Marie-Gertrude MORAL

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Marie-Françoise married Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE 17 May 1758 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE was born 18 May 1732 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Jean-Baptiste died 17 December 1809 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre LETENDRE and Madeleine GUEVREMONT.

Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS died 8 May 1815 in Yamaska, 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-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS married

Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE
Marriage date: 17 May 1758
Marriage place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE was the child of Pierre LETENDRE and Madeleine GUEVREMONT

Children of Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE and Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

Joseph LETENDRE

Born: 6 April 1759, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 2 April 1857, Saint-David, Canada East

Married: Jeanne-Thérèse PETIT dite ST-MICHEL 10 November 1783 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Françoise LETENDRE

Born: 13 November 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada
Died: 26 July 1822, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre FORCIER 21 June 1779 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Judith LETENDRE

Born: abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 1 February 1810, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste SALVAS 12 February 1798 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS and Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE 17 May 1758, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1759 Birth of Child
Joseph LETENDRE was born 6 April 1759, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

1760 Birth of Child
Françoise LETENDRE was born 13 November 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Françoise LETENDRE married 21 June 1779, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre FORCIER

1783 Marriage of Child
Joseph LETENDRE married 10 November 1783, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jeanne-Thérèse PETIT dite ST-MICHEL

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Judith LETENDRE married 12 February 1798, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jean-Baptiste SALVAS

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