Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE

(b. 26 February 1739 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE was born 26 February 1739 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE was the child of Pierre MAGNAN dit CHAMPAGNE and Marie-Jeanne ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Pierre-Gaspard MAGNAN dit CHAMPAGNE and Madeleine MARCIL (MARSIL) (maternal) Joseph ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX) dit L'ESPAGNOL and Jeanne SÉGUIN

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

Marie-Louise married Gabriel LAROCHE 25 January 1762 in Saint-Constant, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Gabriel LAROCHE was born 16 January 1740 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Gabriel died 21 September 1802 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Gabriel was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Suzanne TURPIN.

Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE died 21 March 1774 in La Prairie, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE

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Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE married

Gabriel LAROCHE-- Date: 25 January 1762 Place: Saint-Constant, Canada
Gabriel LAROCHE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LAROCHE and Marie-Suzanne TURPIN

Children of Gabriel LAROCHE and Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE:

Marie-Louise LAROCHE (b.28 April 1763, Saint-Régis, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 April 1854, Saint-Régis, Canada East )
m. André SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY 24 May 1784 in Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne)

Josette LAROCHE (b.abt. 1770, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis BIGONESSE 4 October 1790 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

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1739 Birth
26 February 1739
Longueuil, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise MAGNAN dite CHAMPAGNE and Gabriel LAROCHE 25 January 1762, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

She was 22 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 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LAROCHE was born 28 April 1763, Saint-Régis, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Regis) (Akwesasne)

Marie-Louise was 24 years old.