Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE

(b. 17 October 1733 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1797 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE was born 17 October 1733 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE was the child of Jean-François BÉRARD and Marie-Thérèse RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel BÉRARD dit LEPINE and Geneviève HAYOT (AYOTTE) (maternal) Jean-Bernard RENAUD (REGNAULT) and Marie-Jeanne DERY (D'HERY)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Amable-Rene COTTRET 8 January 1760 in Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Amable-Rene COTTRET was born 28 March 1733 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Amable-Rene died 3 April 1805 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Amable-Rene was the child of Rene COTTRET and Marguerite THERRIEN.

Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE died 21 April 1797 in Sorel, 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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Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE married

Amable-Rene COTTRET-- Date: 8 January 1760 Place: Nicolet, Canada
Amable-Rene COTTRET was the child of Rene COTTRET and Marguerite THERRIEN

Children of Amable-Rene COTTRET and Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE:

Marguerite COTTRET (b.21 March 1762, Nicolet, Canada d. 12 November 1831, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. François MOREL 7 June 1790 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1733 Birth
17 October 1733
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BERARD dite LÉPINE and Amable-Rene COTTRET 8 January 1760, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

She was 26 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marguerite COTTRET was born 21 March 1762, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Madeleine was 28 years old.

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.