Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS

(b. 31 October 1751 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 September 1790 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS was born 31 October 1751 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS was the child of Adam-Thomas HURPEAU dit ST-DENIS and Charlotte-Danielle BRASSARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre BRASSARD dit DESCHENAUX and Marie Anne LALANDE

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Marie-Joseph married Joseph GAUTHIER 8 September 1783 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph GAUTHIER was born 13 October 1757 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephe SENECAL.

Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS died 4 September 1790 in Verchères, 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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Joseph GAUTHIER-- Date: 8 September 1783 Place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Josephe SENECAL

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1751 Birth
31 October 1751
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Joseph HURPEAU dite ST-DENIS and Joseph GAUTHIER 8 September 1783, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

She was 31 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)