Pierre married Marie MENARD dite BELLEROSE
16 January 1747
in Longueuil, Canada, New France
.
The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie MENARD dite BELLEROSE
was born
11 November 1722
in
Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville).
Marie died
12 September 1791
in
La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).
Marie was the child of Louis MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Madeleine BRIEN.
Pierre VIAU dit LESPERANCE died
29 December 1779
in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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.
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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Birth — 1720 24 September 1720 Longueuil, Canada, New France
1747 Marriage / Partner Pierre VIAU dit LESPERANCE and Marie MENARD dite BELLEROSE 16 January 1747, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
He was 26 years old.
1748 Birth of Child Marie-Suzanne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE was born 22 August 1748, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
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.
1769 Marriage of Child Marie-Suzanne VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE married 30 January 1769, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada to Joseph ROY
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.
Death — 1779 29 December 1779 La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada He died at the age of 59.
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
Marie MENARD dite BELLEROSE
Birth — 1720
1747 Marriage / Partner
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.
Death — 1779
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