Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE

Born

10 February 1741 , L'Islet, Canada, New France

Died

23 December 1791 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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François-Pierre JEAN Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE was born 10 February 1741 in L'Islet, Canada, New France

Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE was the child of François-Pierre JEAN and Cecile LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JEAN and Anne-Madeleine PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU) (maternal) Jean LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Madeleine LANGLOIS

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Madeleine married Louis FOURNIER 11 January 1759 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis FOURNIER was born 7 May 1740 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Louis died 21 May 1824 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Marguerite LÉTOURNEAU.

Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE died 23 December 1791 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE married

Louis FOURNIER-- Date: 11 January 1759 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Louis FOURNIER was the child of Louis FOURNIER and Marguerite LÉTOURNEAU

Children of Louis FOURNIER and Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE

Louis FOURNIER (b.abt. 1760, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 October 1841, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East)
m. Madeleine CHOUINARD 8 November 1779 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Modeste FOURNIER (b.abt. 1763, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 February 1804, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada)
m. Alexandre DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE 27 September 1783 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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1741 Birth
10 February 1741
L'Islet, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine JEAN dite PIERRE and Louis FOURNIER 11 January 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 17 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.