Marie-Angélique RIVAL dite BELLEROSE

(b. 27 May 1762 , Berthierville, Canada d. 16 July 1797 , Berthierville, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique RIVAL dite BELLEROSE was born 27 May 1762 in Berthierville, Canada

Marie-Angélique RIVAL dite BELLEROSE was the child of Jean RIVAL dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Angélique JOLY dite DELBEC and the grandchild of: (maternal) Marc-Antoine DELBEC dit JOLY and Marie-Anne BOUCHER

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Marie-Angélique married Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX 12 May 1783 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX was born 7 September 1753 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Joseph-Ambroise was the child of Louis GENEREUX and Marie-Rose LATOUR.

Marie-Angélique RIVAL dite BELLEROSE died 16 July 1797 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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Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX-- Date: 12 May 1783 Place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX was the child of Louis GENEREUX and Marie-Rose LATOUR

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1762 Birth
27 May 1762
Berthierville, Canada

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.

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angélique RIVAL dite BELLEROSE and Joseph-Ambroise GENEREUX 12 May 1783, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

She was 20 years old.