Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

(b. 15 July 1723 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1794 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS was born 15 July 1723 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM dit COURVILLE ET DESMARAIS and Marie-Françoise DANIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) René ABRAHAM dit DESMARAIS and Marguerite GIRARD (maternal) Jean DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Anne BADEL dite LAMARCHE

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Marie-Françoise married Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE 30 January 1741 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE was born 7 August 1718 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Joseph died 5 June 1798 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Joseph was the child of Michel BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Elisabeth LAFAYE.

Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS died 6 February 1794 in Vaudreuil, 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-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS married

Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE-- Date: 30 January 1741 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE was the child of Michel BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Elisabeth LAFAYE

Children of Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS:

Josephte BRABANT (b.12 September 1742, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 September 1821, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine-Amable TABAULT 22 November 1762 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Pierre BRABANT (b.26 June 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 17 April 1809, Les Cèdres, Lower Canada )
m. Agathe PROULX 10 January 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1723 Birth
15 July 1723
Montréal, Canada, New France

1741 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS and Joseph BRABANT dit LAMOTHE 30 January 1741, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 17 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Josephte BRABANT was born 12 September 1742, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 19 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre BRABANT was born 26 June 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Françoise was 21 years old.

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

1762 Marriage of Child
Josephte BRABANT married 22 November 1762, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Antoine-Amable TABAULT

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
Pierre BRABANT married 10 January 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Agathe PROULX

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.