François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 February 1846 , Maskinongé, Canada East )

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François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was the child of Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER (maternal) Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Angélique PIETTE (PIET) dite TREMPE

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François married Angélique MARCHAND 13 January 1783 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique MARCHAND was born 29 August 1762 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Angélique died 26 March 1850 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Angélique was the child of Pierre MARCHAND and Marie-Gertrude FRIGON.

François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE died 20 February 1846 in Maskinongé, Canada East .
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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 François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

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François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married

Angélique MARCHAND-- Date: 13 January 1783 Place: Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique MARCHAND was the child of Pierre MARCHAND and Marie-Gertrude FRIGON

Children of François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Angélique MARCHAND:

Louise VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE (b.29 August 1801, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Guillaume-Godefroy GENEREUX 20 October 1823 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Angélique MARCHAND 13 January 1783 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Birth of Child
Louise VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was born 29 August 1801, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1823 Marriage of Child
Louise VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 20 October 1823 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Guillaume-Godefroy GENEREUX

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)