Marie-Josephte DEQUOY dite PICARD

(b. 1 April 1757 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 September 1828 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte DEQUOY dite PICARD was born 1 April 1757 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte DEQUOY dite PICARD was the child of Louis-Etienne DEQUOY dit PICARD and Marie-Josephte GUILBAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph-Olivier GUILBAULT and Marie-Charlotte DUBEAU

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Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste-Marie VERONNEAU 6 November 1780 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste-Marie VERONNEAU was born 26 February 1740 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste-Marie died 25 October 1832 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste-Marie was the child of Joseph-Louis VERONNEAU and Madeleine PINARD.

Marie-Josephte DEQUOY dite PICARD died 20 September 1828 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Jean-Baptiste-Marie VERONNEAU-- Date: 6 November 1780 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste-Marie VERONNEAU was the child of Joseph-Louis VERONNEAU and Madeleine PINARD

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1757 Birth
1 April 1757
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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DEQUOY dite PICARD and Jean-Baptiste-Marie VERONNEAU 6 November 1780, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 23 years old.