Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite ST-LÉGER

(b. 28 March 1761 , L'Assomption, Canada d. 13 March 1832 , L'Assomption, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite ST-LÉGER was born 28 March 1761 in L'Assomption, Canada

Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite ST-LÉGER was the child of Jean MICHEL dit ST-LÉGER and Marie-Louise LESAGE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LESAGE and Marie-Madeleine ALLARD

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Marie-Madeleine married Pierre-Maurice BOUSQUET 7 November 1780 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre-Maurice BOUSQUET was born 8 February 1751 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Pierre-Maurice died 9 September 1815 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Pierre-Maurice was the child of Maurice BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC.

Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite ST-LÉGER died 13 March 1832 in L'Assomption, 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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Pierre-Maurice BOUSQUET-- Date: 7 November 1780 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Maurice BOUSQUET was the child of Maurice BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte DESMARAIS dite BEAULAC

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1761 Birth
28 March 1761
L'Assomption, Canada

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine MICHEL dite ST-LÉGER and Pierre-Maurice BOUSQUET 7 November 1780 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 19 years old.