Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS

(b. 6 May 1725 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 22 February 1801 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was born 6 May 1725 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU) (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Antoine married Françoise LEBLANC 29 April 1749 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise LEBLANC was born 12 June 1721 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Françoise died 5 February 1795 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Françoise was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU.

Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS died 22 February 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS married

Françoise LEBLANC-- Date: 29 April 1749 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Françoise LEBLANC was the child of René LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Marie-Jeanne BOURBEAU

Children of Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Françoise LEBLANC:

Antoine DÉSILETS (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 April 1835, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine BIGOT 1 June 1772 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS (b.abt. 1752, , Canada d. 27 September 1833, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph BOURG 24 January 1785 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1725 Birth
6 May 1725
Champlain, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Antoine DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Françoise LEBLANC 29 April 1749, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He 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.

1772 Marriage of Child
Antoine DÉSILETS married 1 June 1772, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Madeleine BIGOT

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)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne DÉSILETS dite DESROSIERS married 24 January 1785, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Joseph BOURG

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

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

1795 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise LEBLANC died 5 February 1795, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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

1810 Death
22 February 1801
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 75.

Added: 10/19/2017 11:57:30 AM - Updated: 11/22/2021 12:16:39 PM