Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES

(b. 17 May 1710 , Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 4 October 1797 , Montmagny, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES was born 17 May 1710 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES was the child of Jacques COUILLARD and Elisabeth LEMIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and Geneviève DESPRÉS (maternal) Guillaume LEMIEUX and Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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Marie-Madeleine married Charles COUILLARD 20 October 1728 in Montmagny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles COUILLARD was born 13 August 1695 in Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont). Charles died 30 October 1749 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Charles was the child of Charles COUILLARD and Louise COUTURE.

Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES died 4 October 1797 in Montmagny, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES

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Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES married

Charles COUILLARD-- Date: 20 October 1728 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Charles COUILLARD was the child of Charles COUILLARD and Louise COUTURE

Children of Charles COUILLARD and Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES:

Charles COUILLARD (b.28 December 1735, Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 14 June 1769, Beaumont, Province of Québec, Canada )

Madeleine COUILLARD (b.16 May 1737, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 22 May 1780, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada )

Louise COUILLARD (b.12 July 1738, Montmagny, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1806, Montmagny, Lower Canada )
m. Louis JONCAS 10 November 1760 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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1710 Birth
17 May 1710
Montmagny, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine COUILLARD dite DESPRES and Charles COUILLARD 20 October 1728 , Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 18 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Charles COUILLARD was born 28 December 1735, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Marie-Madeleine was 25 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Madeleine COUILLARD was born 16 May 1737, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Madeleine was 27 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Louise COUILLARD was born 12 July 1738, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Madeleine was 28 years old.

1749 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles COUILLARD died 30 October 1749, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Louise COUILLARD married 10 November 1760, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Louis JONCAS

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.

1769 Death of Child
Charles COUILLARD died 14 June 1769, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)

Marie-Madeleine was 59 years old.

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.

1780 Death of Child
Madeleine COUILLARD died 22 May 1780, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Marie-Madeleine was 70 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Death
4 October 1797
Montmagny, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 87.

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