Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS

(b. 18 July 1801 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada d. 29 October 1842 , Saint-Césaire, Canada East )

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Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS was born 18 July 1801 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS was the child of Denis CHOQUET and Marie-Louise GAUTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CHOQUET and Marie-Madeleine BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE (maternal) Louis GAUTHIER and Marie-Agnes MESSIER

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

Françoise married Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE 16 October 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE was born abt. 1795 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Joseph was the child of Louis GROS dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Therese GUILLET.

Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS died 29 October 1842 in Saint-Césaire, Canada East .
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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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Family and Children of Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS

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Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS married

Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE-- Date: 16 October 1820 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE was the child of Louis GROS dit ST-PIERRE and Marie-Therese GUILLET

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Children of Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE and Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS:

Edwidge LEGROS dite ST-PIERRE (b.abt. 1832, , Québec Province, Canada d. 9 January 1907, Adamsville, Bromont, Quebec, Canada)
m. Thomas BOISVERT 28 May 1849 in Bonsecours, Québec, Canada (Stukely-Nord) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours-de-Stukely)

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1801 Birth
18 July 1801
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 Marriage / Partner
Françoise CHOQUETTE dite DENIS and Joseph LEGROS dit ST-PIERRE 16 October 1820, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

She was 19 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England