Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS

(b. 18 April 1726 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 8 August 1778 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS was born 18 April 1726 in Québec, Canada, New France

Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Angélique MINGOU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pedro Pierre DASSYLVA and Marie-Jeanne GRESLON (maternal) Jean MINGOU and Anne BRUNEAU

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Angélique married Joseph GIRARD 9 January 1747 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph GIRARD was born 15 March 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Joseph died 18 May 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Marie-Catherine BOURRÉ (BOURRET).

Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS died 8 August 1778 in Québec, 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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Family and Children of Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS

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Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS married

Joseph GIRARD-- Date: 9 January 1747 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Joseph GIRARD was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Marie-Catherine BOURRÉ (BOURRET)

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Children of Joseph GIRARD and Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS:

Joseph GIRARD (b.7 July 1753, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 June 1817, Québec, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine DUPERE dite LARIVIÈRE 7 November 1774 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Charlotte GIRARD (b.26 April 1758, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 February 1788, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Francois DUPERE dit LARIVIÈRE 28 November 1780 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1726 Birth
18 April 1726
Québec, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS and Joseph GIRARD 9 January 1747, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 20 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Birth of Child
Joseph GIRARD was born 7 July 1753, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Angélique was 27 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Charlotte GIRARD was born 26 April 1758, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Angélique was 32 years old.

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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Joseph GIRARD married 7 November 1774, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Madeleine DUPERE dite LARIVIÈRE

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.