Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR

(b. 30 May 1704 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 24 September 1776 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR was born 30 May 1704 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR was the child of Pierre MARTIN dit LADOUCEUR and Marie-Anne LIMOUSIN dite BEAUFORT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Hilaire LIMOUSIN dit BEAUFORT and Marie-Antoinette LEFEBVRE

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Françoise married Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) 8 January 1720 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) was born 3 March 1700 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre died 5 May 1739 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Pierre was the child of Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Jeanne CHERLOT.

Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR died 24 September 1776 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR married

Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER)-- Date: 8 January 1720 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) was the child of Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Jeanne CHERLOT

Children of Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR:

Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY (b.22 June 1735, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 19 October 1798, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre DUMANS 30 January 1758 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1704 Birth
30 May 1704
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

1720 Marriage / Partner
Françoise MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR and Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) 8 January 1720, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 15 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY was born 22 June 1735, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Françoise was 31 years old.

1739 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) died 5 May 1739, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Catherine BLENIER dite JARRY married 30 January 1758, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Pierre DUMANS

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.