Marie-Pelagie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

(b. 11 January 1726 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 20 September 1801 , Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Pelagie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 11 January 1726 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie-Pelagie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was the child of Andre-Joseph HUNAULT and Marie-Anne TETREAU (TETREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Andre HUNAULT and Marguerite LANGLOIS (maternal) Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Catherine CHARRON

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Marie-Pelagie married Nicolas LEGARE 24 November 1749 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . Nicolas LEGARE was born 10 September 1725 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Nicolas died 7 November 1793 in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec, Canada (Blainville). Nicolas was the child of Nicolas LEGARE and Anne-Marguerite BEAUDOIN.

Marie-Pelagie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS died 20 September 1801 in Sainte-Thérèse, Lower Canada .

m. Legare Nicolas

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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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Nicolas LEGARE-- Date: 24 November 1749 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Nicolas LEGARE was the child of Nicolas LEGARE and Anne-Marguerite BEAUDOIN

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1726 Birth
11 January 1726
Varennes, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Pelagie HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS and Nicolas LEGARE 24 November 1749, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 23 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.