Marguerite MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dite DESMOULINS

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21 January 1722 , Québec, Canada, New France

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10 November 1797 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)Angelique TREPANIER

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Born: 21 January 1722 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)

Mother: Angelique TREPANIER

Paternal grandparents: Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS , Anne DELAUNAY (DE LAUNAY)

Maternal grandparents: Charles TREPANIER , Marguerite JACQUEREAU

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Marguerite married Elie LAPARÉ 18 January 1751 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elie LAPARÉ was born 11 April 1727 in France. Elie died 13 October 1794 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception).

Marguerite MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dite DESMOULINS died 10 November 1797 in Saint-Ours, 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 MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dite DESMOULINS married

Elie LAPARÉ
Marriage date: 18 January 1751
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

Children of Elie LAPARÉ and Marguerite MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dite DESMOULINS

Geneviève LAPARÉ

Born: 7 April 1754, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 19 April 1799, Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Married: Jacob BETTEZ 1768 Place: Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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Birth — 1722
21 January 1722
Québec, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dite DESMOULINS and Elie LAPARÉ 18 January 1751 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 29 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Geneviève LAPARÉ was born 7 April 1754, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite was 32 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.

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.