Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE

(b. 1 May 1721 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 29 October 1793 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE was born 1 May 1721 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE was the child of Jean-Antoine MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Louise LECOMPTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MAGNAN dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie MOITIÉ (maternal) Louis LECOMPTE dit DUPRÉ and Marie-Catherine ROLLAND dite SAINT-GEORGES

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Marie-Anne married Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE 29 January 1753 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE was born 17 November 1716 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Francois-Marie died 31 March 1793 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Francois-Marie was the child of François Marie PICOTÉ dit BELESTRE and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER.

Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE died 29 October 1793 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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Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE married

Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE-- Date: 29 January 1753 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE was the child of François Marie PICOTÉ dit BELESTRE and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER

Children of Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE and Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE:

Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE (b.17 November 1758, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 28 August 1826, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD) 20 June 1791 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1721 Birth
1 May 1721
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne MAGNAN dite LESPÉRANCE and Francois-Marie PICOTE dit BELESTRE 29 January 1753, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 31 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE was born 17 November 1758, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Anne was 37 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.

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)

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne-Angelique PICOTE DE BELESTRE married 20 June 1791, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Angus John MACDONELL (MACDONALD)