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Marie-Louise BRIEN dite DESROCHES was born 2 September 1740 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise BRIEN dite DESROCHES was the child of Seraphin BRIEN dit DESROCHES   and   Ursule REGEAS dite LAPRADE and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER (maternal)  Jean REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie JAMIN (JASMIN)

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

Marie-Louise  married  Jean-Baptiste GABOURY 15 June 1761 in Saint-Ours, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste GABOURY  was born 5 January 1728 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada.  Jean-Baptiste died 28 March 1795 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier).  Jean-Baptiste was the child of Antoine GABOURY and Françoise-Angélique COTIN.

Marie-Louise BRIEN dite DESROCHES died 7 August 1777 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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