Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

(b. 16 March 1720 , L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1771 , Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born 16 March 1720 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Jean-Jacques-René LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Françoise CORNEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CORNEAU and Marie LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER

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Marie-Françoise married Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY 16 October 1741 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY was born 14 June 1698 in St-Germain, Trebedan, Cotes-d'Armor, France. Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis died 11 August 1755 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS died 12 May 1771 in Lachine, Montréal, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

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Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS married

Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY-- Date: 16 October 1741 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Sault-au-Récollet

Children of Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY and Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS:

Louis Alexis RABY (b.28 March 1745, Fort-St-Frédéric, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite RICHER (ÉRICHE) dite LOUVETEAU 8 January 1776 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1720 Birth
16 March 1720
L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS and Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY 16 October 1741, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 21 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Louis Alexis RABY was born 28 March 1745, Fort-St-Frédéric, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 25 years old.

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

1755 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Guillaume-Baptiste-Alexis DARABY died 11 August 1755, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.