Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY

(b. 26 June 1734 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1807 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY was born 26 June 1734 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY was the child of Guy-Joseph DESPRÉS and Marie-Geneviève GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Alexis GAGNÉ and Marie-Catherine CLOUTIER

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

Marie-Olive married Augustin TALON 1 May 1753 in L'Islet, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Augustin TALON was born 8 August 1719 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Augustin died 1 January 1792 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Augustin was the child of Etienne TALON and Jeanne LAVERGNE.

Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY died 5 December 1807 in L'Islet, 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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Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY married

Augustin TALON-- Date: 1 May 1753 Place: L'Islet, Canada, New France
Augustin TALON was the child of Etienne TALON and Jeanne LAVERGNE

Children of Augustin TALON and Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY:

Pierre-Paul TALON (b.4 April 1754, L'Islet, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Françoise-Elisabeth CLOUTIER 23 August 1778 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Isidore TALON (b.7 June 1773, L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 July 1842, La Malbaie, Canada East )
m. Marie-Victoire LAMARRE 2 January 1793 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
m. Madeleine CUNNINGHAM 7 July 1812 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul)

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1734 Birth
26 June 1734
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Olive DESPRÉS dite GUY and Augustin TALON 1 May 1753, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 18 years old.

1754 Birth of Child
Pierre-Paul TALON was born 4 April 1754, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Olive was 19 years old.

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.

1773 Birth of Child
Isidore TALON was born 7 June 1773, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Marie-Olive was 38 years old.

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.

1778 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Paul TALON married 23 August 1778, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Françoise-Elisabeth CLOUTIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Augustin TALON died 1 January 1792, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Isidore TALON married 2 January 1793, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marie-Victoire LAMARRE

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1807 Death
5 December 1807
L'Islet, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 73.

Added: 6/3/2020 11:48:18 AM - Updated: 5/12/2024 6:11:56 PM