Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE

(b. 23 August 1746 , Longueuil, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1773 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE was born 23 August 1746 in Longueuil, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE was the child of Daniel POIRIER and Marie-Anne GIRARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Daniel POIRIER dit LAJEUNESSE and Catherine VIGER (maternal) Jacques GIRARD and Marie-Françoise PETIT

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

Marie-Anne married Louis PROVOST 27 October 1766 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis PROVOST was born 26 November 1742 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis died 25 January 1821 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis was the child of René PROVOST and Marguerite BRUNEL.

Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE died 13 March 1773 in Varennes, 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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Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE married

Louis PROVOST-- Date: 27 October 1766 Place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis PROVOST was the child of René PROVOST and Marguerite BRUNEL

Children of Louis PROVOST and Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE:

Louis PROVOST (b.abt. 1769, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 October 1832, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Victoire JODOIN 22 September 1794 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1746 Birth
23 August 1746
Longueuil, Canada, New France

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne POIRIER dite LAJEUNESSE and Louis PROVOST 27 October 1766, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

She was 20 years old.