Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS

(b. 3 June 1746 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 12 May 1809 , Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was born 3 June 1746 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS was the child of Michel HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS and Charlotte CUILLERIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Marguerite-Suzanne LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE (maternal) René CUILLERIER dit HILAIRE and Jeanne CORNEAU

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

Marie-Josephe married Michel MONTPETIT 4 November 1765 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel MONTPETIT was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Michel died 29 August 1806 in Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres). Michel was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN and Angelique VILLERAY.

Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS died 12 May 1809 in Les Cèdres, 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-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS married

Michel MONTPETIT-- Date: 4 November 1765 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel MONTPETIT was the child of Pierre MONTPETIT dit POITEVIN and Angelique VILLERAY

Children of Michel MONTPETIT and Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS:

Josephte MONTPETIT (b.6 August 1766, Les Cèdres, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 September 1815, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph PAQUET 16 October 1786 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1746 Birth
3 June 1746
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, 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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe HUNAULT dite DESCHAMPS and Michel MONTPETIT 4 November 1765, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Josephte MONTPETIT was born 6 August 1766, Les Cèdres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Soulanges Les Cedres)

Marie-Josephe was 20 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.