Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

(b. abt. 1711 , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 August 1769 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born abt. 1711 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin BÉNARD dit LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite VIARD dite BOURBIER

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Marie-Josephe married Jacques BRISEBOIS 27 April 1733 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques BRISEBOIS was born 12 September 1709 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Jacques died 30 October 1775 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Marguerite ANDRE dite ST-MICHEL.

Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS died 3 August 1769 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, 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 Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

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Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS married

Jacques BRISEBOIS-- Date: 27 April 1733 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques BRISEBOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS and Marguerite ANDRE dite ST-MICHEL

Children of Jacques BRISEBOIS and Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS:

Dorothée BRISEBOIS (b.11 May 1736, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Michel GEMME 26 September 1757 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Marie-Josephe BRISEBOIS (b.17 March 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS 9 October 1775 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS and Jacques BRISEBOIS 27 April 1733 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

1736 Birth of Child
Dorothée BRISEBOIS was born 11 May 1736, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe BRISEBOIS was born 17 March 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

1757 Marriage of Child
Dorothée BRISEBOIS married 26 September 1757 , Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Michel GEMME

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.