Marguerite JEAN dite TOURANGEAU

(b. 29 March 1753 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 January 1810 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite JEAN dite TOURANGEAU was born 29 March 1753 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marguerite JEAN dite TOURANGEAU was the child of Joseph JEAN dit TOURANGEAU and Josephte LEROUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Leonard JEAN dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Michelle VARIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Angelique PLANTE

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Marguerite married Amable DRAPEAU 14 October 1777 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Amable DRAPEAU was born 10 September 1752 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Amable died 8 September 1811 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Amable was the child of Pierre DRAPEAU and Françoise-Dorothee HAINS.

Marguerite JEAN dite TOURANGEAU died 15 January 1810 in Québec, 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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Amable DRAPEAU-- Date: 14 October 1777 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable DRAPEAU was the child of Pierre DRAPEAU and Françoise-Dorothee HAINS

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1753 Birth
29 March 1753
Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1777 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite JEAN dite TOURANGEAU and Amable DRAPEAU 14 October 1777, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 24 years old.