Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE

(b. 11 May 1725 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 11 January 1806 , Windsor, Essex, Upper Canada )

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Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE was born 11 May 1725 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Maurice DERY (D'HERY) and Madeleine PHILIPPEAU

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

Joseph married Catherine PILET 7 January 1754 in Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine PILET was born 18 July 1736 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Catherine died 5 June 1763 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Catherine was the child of Jacques PILET and Marguerite VIAU.

Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE died 11 January 1806 in Windsor, Essex, Upper 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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Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE married

Catherine PILET-- Date: 7 January 1754 Place: Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Catherine PILET was the child of Jacques PILET and Marguerite VIAU

Children of Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE and Catherine PILET:

Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE (b.8 October 1755, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan) d. 19 March 1773, Windsor, Essex, Quebec (Ontario), Canada )
m. Antoine LANGLOIS 1773 in , Ontario, Canada

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1725 Birth
11 May 1725
Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Joseph ROCHEREAU dit LESPERENCE and Catherine PILET 7 January 1754, Detroit, Michigan, USA

He was 28 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE was born 8 October 1755, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Joseph was 30 years old.

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine PILET died 5 June 1763, Detroit, Michigan, USA

1773 Death of Child
Marie Desanges ROCHEREAU dite LESPERENCE died 19 March 1773, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Joseph was 47 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.