Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE

(b. 28 July 1751 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 17 February 1810 , Longueuil, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE was born 28 July 1751 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE was the child of Michel LAGUE dit SANSCARTIER and Marie-Louise RAINVILLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LAGUE dit SANSCARTIER and Catherine LECLERC (maternal) Charles-Vital RAINVILLE and Marie-Louise LESIEUR dite CALOT

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Marie-Marguerite married Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX 26 November 1770 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX was born 11 April 1741 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Louis died 6 January 1827 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Louis was the child of Jacques Christophe POITEVIN and Marie-Josepte VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE.

Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE died 17 February 1810 in Longueuil, 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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Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE married

Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX-- Date: 26 November 1770 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX was the child of Jacques Christophe POITEVIN and Marie-Josepte VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE

Children of Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX and Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE:

Ursule CADIEUX dite POTEVIN (b.5 March 1774, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François COLIN dit LALIBERTÉ 18 June 1798 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

André POTVIN (b.1 June 1786, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 January 1866, Farnham, Canada East )
m. Marie-Marguerite GÉLINEAU 11 February 1811 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1751 Birth
28 July 1751
Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite SANSCARTIER dite LAGUE and Louis POITEVIN dit CADIEUX 26 November 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

She was 19 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Ursule CADIEUX dite POTEVIN was born 5 March 1774, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Marguerite was 22 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)

1786 Birth of Child
André POTVIN was born 1 June 1786, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Marie-Marguerite was 34 years old.

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

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

1798 Marriage of Child
Ursule CADIEUX dite POTEVIN married 18 June 1798, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to François COLIN dit LALIBERTÉ

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