Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU

(b. 11 April 1729 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1809 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 11 April 1729 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU and Madeleine POTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

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Madeleine married Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 8 February 1751 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was born 2 June 1730 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph died 10 May 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE.

Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU died 9 May 1809 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada.

m. Joseph Desrosiers dit Lafreniere
8 February 1751
Berthierville, Quebec

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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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Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE-- Date: 8 February 1751 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE was the child of Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

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1729 Birth
11 April 1729
Maskinongé, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine PETIT dite BRUNEAU and Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 8 February 1751, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 21 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 - 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.