Geneviève-Anne DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS

(b. 10 December 1719 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 20 January 1769 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Geneviève-Anne DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS was born 10 December 1719 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Geneviève-Anne DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS was the child of Pierre DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS and Thérèse MONDIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS and Jeanne-Renée CHARTIER (maternal) Antoine MONDIN and Marie PAVIOT

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Geneviève-Anne married Jean-Baptiste SARRAZIN 8 November 1745 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste SARRAZIN was born 20 January 1722 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Thomas SARAZIN (SARRAZIN) and Marie-Agathe CHORET.

Geneviève-Anne DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS died 20 January 1769 in 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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Jean-Baptiste SARRAZIN-- Date: 8 November 1745 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste SARRAZIN was the child of Thomas SARAZIN (SARRAZIN) and Marie-Agathe CHORET

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1719 Birth
10 December 1719
Montréal, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1745 Marriage / Partner
Geneviève-Anne DURAND dite DESMARCHAIS and Jean-Baptiste SARRAZIN 8 November 1745, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 25 years old.

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.