Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS

(b. 28 August 1724 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1800 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was born 28 August 1724 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS dit MARET and Françoise-Anne-Marie BENOIT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS) and Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT) (maternal) Étienne BENOIT dit LA JEUNESSE and Nicole CHANDOISEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel married Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET 14 November 1746 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET was born 13 May 1725 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Elisabeth died 5 April 1803 in Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe). Marie-Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER.

Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS died 24 November 1800 in Montréal, 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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Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS married

Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET-- Date: 14 November 1746 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
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Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET was the child of Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Louise LUSSIER

Children of Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET:

Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS (b.3 February 1749, L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 27 November 1814, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise PELLETIER 12 October 1767 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1724 Birth
28 August 1724
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Elisabeth BOUSQUET 14 November 1746, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

He was 22 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS was born 3 February 1749, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Michel was 24 years old.

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

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Michel MARETTE dit DESMARAIS married 12 October 1767 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage) to Marie-Louise PELLETIER

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.