Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL

(b. 19 November 1738 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 19 September 1807 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL was born 19 November 1738 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste CIRCE dit ST-MICHEL and Marguerite BONIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CIRCÉ dit ST-MICHEL and Marie-Madeleine BERTHELOT (maternal) Nicolas BONIN dit ST-MARTIN and Marie-Elisabeth EMERY

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Marie-Françoise married Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR 14 February 1763 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR was born abt. 1735 in France. Jean-Baptiste died 15 May 1815 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).

Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL died 19 September 1807 in La Prairie, 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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Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR-- Date: 14 February 1763 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
19 November 1738
Contrecœur, 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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL and Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR 14 February 1763, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 24 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.