Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE

(b. 7 November 1729 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 13 May 1772 , Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE was born 7 November 1729 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE was the child of Louis MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Madeleine BRIEN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean MENARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie-Elisabeth VALIQUET dite LAVERDURE (VALIQUETTE) (maternal) Louis BRIEN dit DESROCHES and Suzanne BOUVIER

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

Paul married Marie Anne DENOYON abt. 1765 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Anne DENOYON was born 17 February 1726 in Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (South Deerfield). Marie Anne was the child of Jacques DENOYON (DESNOYERS) and Abigail Margaret STEBBENS.

Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE died 13 May 1772 in Longueuil, 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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Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE married

Marie Anne DENOYON-- Date: abt. 1765 Place:
Marie Anne DENOYON was the child of Jacques DENOYON (DESNOYERS) and Abigail Margaret STEBBENS

Children of Paul MÉNARD dit BELLEROSE and Marie Anne DENOYON:

Marie-Anne MÉNARD dite BELLEROSE (b.1 March 1765, Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada d. 1 June 1824, Longueuil, Lower Canada )
m. Charles AUBERTIN 6 November 1786 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Antoine PROVOST (PREVOST) 14 July 1794 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1729 Birth
7 November 1729
Boucherville, 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 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MÉNARD dite BELLEROSE was born 1 March 1765, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Paul was 35 years old.