Marie-Pelagie HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE

(b. abt. 1762 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 May 1802 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Pelagie HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Pelagie HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE was the child of Jean-Baptiste HERVIEUX and Marie-Madeleine MARION dite FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul HERVIEUX dit LESPÉRANCE and Marguerite ÉTHIER (maternal) François-Nicolas MARION dit FONTAINE and Marie-Françoise ST-MARTIN

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Marie-Pelagie married Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 13 September 1790 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was born 10 February 1751 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Joseph died 22 May 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Joseph was the child of Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE.

Marie-Pelagie HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE died 11 May 1802 in Montréal, 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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Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE-- Date: 13 September 1790 Place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE was the child of Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Françoise-Regis ALLAIRE

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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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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Marie-Pelagie HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE and Joseph GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE 13 September 1790, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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

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

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