Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

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27 May 1704 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

14 May 1782 , Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

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Born: 27 May 1704 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother: Marie-Renee LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS)

Paternal grandparents: Antoine DESROSIERS , Anne LENEUF DU HÉRISSON

Maternal grandparents: Jean LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS , Jeanne ISABEL

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Madeleine married Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE 23 January 1740 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE was born 16 May 1694 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Louis-Lange was the child of Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER.

Madeleine married (2) Joseph POTHIER 9 October 1747 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Joseph POTHIER was born 3 September 1719 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph died 10 January 1798 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS.

Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE died 14 May 1782 in Trois-Rivières, 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.

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 DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married

Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE
Marriage date: 23 January 1740
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE was the child of Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER

Children of Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE and Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

Born: 9 January 1741, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 22 October 1779, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis POTHIER 28 January 1754 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE married

Joseph POTHIER
Marriage date: 9 October 1747
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Joseph POTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS

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Birth — 1704
27 May 1704
Champlain, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and Louis-Lange LEFEBVRE dit BÉLISLE 23 January 1740, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 35 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE was born 9 January 1741, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Madeleine was 36 years old.

1747 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and Joseph POTHIER 9 October 1747 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 43 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE married 28 January 1754, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Louis POTHIER

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.

1779 Death of Child
Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE died 22 October 1779, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Madeleine was 75 years old.

Death — 1782
14 May 1782
Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 78.

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