Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE

(b. 2 November 1746 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 26 March 1799 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE was born 2 November 1746 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE was the child of Louis VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Therese LEMAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT and Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY (maternal) Michel LEMAY and Marie-Genevieve MAROTTE dite LABONTÉ

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Josephe married Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET 10 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was born 1 May 1745 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Charles died 7 October 1833 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Charles was the child of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE.

Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE died 26 March 1799 in La-Pérade, 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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Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE married

Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET-- Date: 10 January 1774 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was the child of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Children of Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE:

Alexis-Carme LENOBLET dit DUPLESSIS (b.abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 May 1840, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne TREMBLAY 23 May 1803 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Theotiste DUPLESSIS (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Louis-Charles DUPLESSIS (b.10 March 1785, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 June 1880, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* )

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1746 Birth
2 November 1746
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE and Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET 10 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 27 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Louis-Charles DUPLESSIS was born 10 March 1785, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Josephe was 38 years old.

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

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