Catherine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE

(b. 28 May 1731 , Rimouski, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1795 , Beloeil, Lower Canada )

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Catherine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was born 28 May 1731 in Rimouski, Canada, New France

Catherine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE was the child of Michel DESROSIERS dit DUTREMBLE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne MOREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE and Marie Françoise PETRONILLE DANDONNEAU (maternal) Jean-Baptiste MOREAU and Marie-Anne RODRIGUE

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Catherine married Jean-Baptiste VAILLANCOURT 30 May 1756 in Québec Province, Canada . Jean-Baptiste VAILLANCOURT was born 17 December 1712 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Robert VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Anne DURAND.

Catherine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE died 6 January 1795 in Beloeil, Lower Canada .

m. Vaillancourt Jean-Baptiste

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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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Jean-Baptiste VAILLANCOURT-- Date: 30 May 1756 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste VAILLANCOURT was the child of Robert VAILLANCOURT and Marie-Anne DURAND

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1731 Birth
28 May 1731
Rimouski, Canada, New France

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

1756 Marriage / Partner
Catherine DESROSIERS dite DUTREMBLE and Jean-Baptiste VAILLANCOURT 30 May 1756, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 25 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.