Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS

(b. 17 January 1713 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 15 April 1795 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS was born 17 January 1713 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS was the child of Jean DESNOYERS dit DESMARAIS and Thérèse MENARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert DESMARAIS and Elisabeth RICHAUME (maternal) Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)

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Angélique married Louis LETOURNEAU 23 November 1739 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis LETOURNEAU was born 6 February 1701 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Louis died 18 November 1759 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Angélique GUYON.

Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS died 15 April 1795 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Family and Children of Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS

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Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS married

Louis LETOURNEAU-- Date: 23 November 1739 Place: Longueuil, Canada, New France
Louis LETOURNEAU was the child of Jacques LETOURNEAU and Angélique GUYON

Children of Louis LETOURNEAU and Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS:

Louise-Madeleine LETOURNEAU (b.abt. 1739, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 October 1765, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Noel JASMIN dit LEMOINE 4 April 1758 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Angélique LETOURNEAU (b.14 August 1741, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1823, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET) 26 August 1765 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1713 Birth
17 January 1713
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Angélique DESNOYERS dite DESMARAIS and Louis LETOURNEAU 23 November 1739, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 26 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Angélique LETOURNEAU was born 14 August 1741, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Angélique was 28 years old.

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Louise-Madeleine LETOURNEAU married 4 April 1758, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier) to Joseph-Noel JASMIN dit LEMOINE

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis LETOURNEAU died 18 November 1759, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Angélique LETOURNEAU married 26 August 1765, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET)

1765 Death of Child
Louise-Madeleine LETOURNEAU died 20 October 1765, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Angélique was 52 years old.

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.