Marguerite DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE

(b. 13 October 1758 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 17 November 1809 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE was born 13 October 1758 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Marguerite DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE was the child of Pierre-Joseph DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Marguerite ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DÉSAUTELS dit LAPOINTE and Louise-Catherine BERGERON (maternal) Étienne ALLAIRE and Marguerite MIEL dite LUSIGNAN (AMIEL)

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Marguerite married Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 16 January 1776 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE was born 28 November 1746 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Maurice died 5 December 1809 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Maurice was the child of Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne-Aimee DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE.

Marguerite DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE died 17 November 1809 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. Riel Maurice

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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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Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE-- Date: 16 January 1776 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE was the child of Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE and Marie-Anne-Aimee DELGUEL dite LABRÈCHE

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1758 Birth
13 October 1758
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DESAUTELS dite LAPOINTE and Maurice RIEL dit L'IRLANDE 16 January 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 17 years old.