Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS

(b. 8 October 1725 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 16 February 1777 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS was born 8 October 1725 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS was the child of Guillaume BILLY dit ST-LOUIS and Marie-Madeleine NORMANDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François BILLY (DUBILLY) and Catherine-Marguerite DELAMARCHE (DELAMARRE) (maternal) Daniel NORMANDIN and Marie-Louise HAYOT

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Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste LESAGE 27 January 1747 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was born 3 May 1721 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Josephe GERLAISE.

Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS died 16 February 1777 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Lesage Jean-Baptiste
m. St-Yves Jacques

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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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Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS married

Jean-Baptiste LESAGE-- Date: 27 January 1747 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Jean-Baptiste LESAGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Josephe GERLAISE

Children of Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS:

Jean-Louis LESAGE (b.1 January 1748, Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 16 March 1823, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne GRONDIN 19 April 1773 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Anne LESAGE (b.abt. 1754, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 May 1809, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX 7 November 1768 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1725 Birth
8 October 1725
Sorel, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise BILLY dite ST-LOUIS and Jean-Baptiste LESAGE 27 January 1747, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 21 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean-Louis LESAGE was born 1 January 1748, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Louise was 22 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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LESAGE married 7 November 1768, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Joseph LEMAITRE dit BELLENOIX

1773 Marriage of Child
Jean-Louis LESAGE married 19 April 1773, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Marie-Anne GRONDIN

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.