Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE

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1 November 1761 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Died

6 February 1814 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

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Born: 1 November 1761 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada

Father: Pierre-Sebastien DAUNAIS dit LAVIOLETTE

Mother: Marie-Amable MARIER (LEMARIÉ)

Maternal grandparents: Jacques MARIER (LEMARIÉ) , Angélique DESROCHES

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Marie married Jean-François BOURASSA abt. 1780 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-François BOURASSA was born 18 May 1749 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Jean-François died 4 January 1808 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-François was the child of Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER.

Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE died 6 February 1814 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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 DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE married

Jean-François BOURASSA
Marriage date: abt. 1780
Marriage place: , Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Jean-François BOURASSA was the child of Louis BOURASSA and Marie-Françoise BOUCHER

Children of Jean-François BOURASSA and Marie DAUNAIS dite LAVIOLETTE

Francois BOURASSA

Born: 11 December 1786, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 August 1855, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Birth — 1761
1 November 1761
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, 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.