Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS

(b. 19 March 1723 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 14 September 1805 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS was born 19 March 1723 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS was the child of Pierre JEAN dit VIENS and Marguerite CASSE (LACASSE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Vivien JEAN and Elisabeth DROUET (maternal) Antoine CASSE (LACASSE) and Françoise PILOIS

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Marie-Marthe married Jean-Baptiste GRENET 27 April 1746 in Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste GRENET was born 2 April 1708 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste died 6 August 1775 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENET and Marguerite HUARD.

Marie-Marthe married (2) Etienne-Eustache SAMSON 12 January 1784 in Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada . Etienne-Eustache SAMSON was born 26 September 1731 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Etienne-Eustache died 28 February 1815 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Etienne-Eustache was the child of Eustache SAMSON and Louise-Françoise LEMIEUX.

Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS died 14 September 1805 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada .

m. Grenet Jean-Baptiste
m. Samson Etienne-Eustache

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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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Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS married

Jean-Baptiste GRENET-- Date: 27 April 1746 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste GRENET was the child of Jean-Baptiste GRENET and Marguerite HUARD

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Etienne-Eustache SAMSON-- Date: 12 January 1784 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Province of Québec, Canada
Etienne-Eustache SAMSON was the child of Eustache SAMSON and Louise-Françoise LEMIEUX

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1723 Birth
19 March 1723
Beaumont, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS and Jean-Baptiste GRENET 27 April 1746, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 23 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.

1775 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste GRENET died 6 August 1775, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marthe JEAN dite VIENS and Etienne-Eustache SAMSON 12 January 1784, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 60 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1805 Death
14 September 1805
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 82.

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