Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS

(b. 23 April 1706 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 9 June 1779 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS was born 23 April 1706 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS was the child of Jean MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS and Agnes RICHARD dite LAFLEUR and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume RICHARD dit LAFLEUR and Agnes TESSIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Claude married Ursule ETHIER 8 March 1734 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Ursule ETHIER was born abt. 1707 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Ursule died 11 September 1773 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Ursule was the child of René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE.

Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS died 9 June 1779 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, 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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Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS married

Ursule ETHIER-- Date: 8 March 1734 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France
Ursule ETHIER was the child of René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE

Children of Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS and Ursule ETHIER:

Charlotte MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS (b.29 March 1736, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 11 July 1784, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste LOYER 22 November 1756 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Catherine MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS (b.2 February 1742, Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1813, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada)
m. Charles JUNEAU 24 October 1763 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1706 Birth
23 April 1706
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Marriage / Partner
Claude MOREAU dit DUPLESSIS and Ursule ETHIER 8 March 1734, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 27 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Charlotte MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS was born 29 March 1736, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Claude was 29 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Catherine MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS was born 2 February 1742, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Claude was 35 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1756 Marriage of Child
Charlotte MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS married 22 November 1756, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Jean-Baptiste LOYER

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.

1763 Marriage of Child
Catherine MOREAU dite DUPLESSIS married 24 October 1763, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Charles JUNEAU

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Ursule ETHIER died 11 September 1773, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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.