Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE

(b. 16 July 1750 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1841 , Sorel, Canada East )

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Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE was born 16 July 1750 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE was the child of Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Marie-Anne GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL (maternal) Pierre GERBEAU (GERBAULT) dit BELLEGARDE and Marie-Anne BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

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Marie-Anne married Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 24 February 1772 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 1 March 1742 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre died 15 January 1799 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre was the child of Jean-Valérien CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Angélique DANSEREAU.

Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE died 6 January 1841 in Sorel, Canada East .
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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-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE married

Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE-- Date: 24 February 1772 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was the child of Jean-Valérien CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Angélique DANSEREAU

Children of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE:

Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE (b.23 September 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 May 1830, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada)
m. Louise PAUL HUS 10 August 1807 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1750 Birth
16 July 1750
Contrecœur, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE and Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 24 February 1772, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 21 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.

1776 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE was born 23 September 1776, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Anne was 26 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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