Marguerite REGEAS dite LAPRADE

(b. 5 August 1745 , Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1820 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite REGEAS dite LAPRADE was born 5 August 1745 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Marguerite REGEAS dite LAPRADE was the child of Louis REGEAS dit LAPRADE and Marie-Marguerite BREARD dite LAROCHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis REGEAS and Marie-Anne GUIGNARD dite DALCOUR (DALCOURT) (maternal) Pierre BREARD dit LAROCHE and Élisabeth-Isabelle PERRAULT

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Marguerite married Pierre-Joseph DEMERS 7 January 1771 in Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre-Joseph DEMERS was born 7 February 1750 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Pierre-Joseph was the child of Charles DEMERS and Marie-Charlotte DURAND.

Marguerite REGEAS dite LAPRADE died 6 February 1820 in Berthierville, 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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Pierre-Joseph DEMERS-- Date: 7 January 1771 Place: Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre-Joseph DEMERS was the child of Charles DEMERS and Marie-Charlotte DURAND

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1745 Birth
5 August 1745
Lanoraie, 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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite REGEAS dite LAPRADE and Pierre-Joseph DEMERS 7 January 1771, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 25 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.