Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS

Born

5 September 1736 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

24 December 1805 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Pierre-Jean CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMPS Marie-Anne LEHOUX

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Born: 5 September 1736 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-Jean CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMPS

Mother: Marie-Anne LEHOUX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre CORNELLIER dit GRANDCHAMPS , Catherine CERTAIN

Maternal grandparents: Hippolyte LEHOUX , Jeanne DROUIN

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Thérèse married Jacques TURCOTTE 8 November 1762 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques TURCOTTE was born 20 September 1735 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jacques died 23 April 1803 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jacques was the child of Jacques TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE.

Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS died 24 December 1805 in Saint-Denis-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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Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS married

Jacques TURCOTTE
Marriage date: 8 November 1762
Marriage place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada
Jacques TURCOTTE was the child of Jacques TURCOT (TURCOTTE) and Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE

Children of Jacques TURCOTTE and Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS

Marie-Therese TURCOTTE

Born: 12 December 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 October 1841, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE 26 November 1781 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jacques TURCOTTE

Born: 24 February 1766, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 October 1842, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East

Married: Archange LEDOUX 23 September 1793 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1736
5 September 1736
Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse CORNELLIER dite GRANDCHAMPS and Jacques TURCOTTE 8 November 1762 , Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

She was 26 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Marie-Therese TURCOTTE was born 12 December 1764, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 28 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Jacques TURCOTTE was born 24 February 1766, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 29 years old.

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.