Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE

(b. abt. 1712 , Québec Province, Canada d. 1 November 1766 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE was born abt. 1712 in Québec Province, Canada

Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE was the child of Michel VIAU and Helene CHARLES LAJEUNESSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART) (maternal) Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL

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Charlotte married François-Xavier DEROME dit DESCARREAUX 16 February 1733 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . François-Xavier DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was born 8 February 1706 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). François-Xavier died 8 February 1774 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). François-Xavier was the child of Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Madeleine DUSSAULT.

Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE died 1 November 1766 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Derome Francois-Xavier

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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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Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE married

François-Xavier DEROME dit DESCARREAUX-- Date: 16 February 1733 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
François-Xavier DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was the child of Michel DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Madeleine DUSSAULT

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1733 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte VIAU dite LESPERANCE and François-Xavier DEROME dit DESCARREAUX 16 February 1733, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

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.