Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

(b. 6 October 1738 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1795 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE was born 6 October 1738 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE was the child of Louis COUTURE dit BELLERIVE and Marie-Jeanne VALLIERE (VALLIERES) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Eustache COUTURE dit BELLERIVE and Marie-Françoise HUARD (maternal) Remi VALLIERE (VALLIERES) and Catherine CASSE

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

Marie-Jeanne married Nicolas GOSSELIN 14 February 1757 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Nicolas GOSSELIN was born 5 September 1735 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Nicolas died 16 November 1817 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada . Nicolas was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Marguerite COUTURE.

Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE died 13 February 1795 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 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-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE married

Nicolas GOSSELIN-- Date: 14 February 1757 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France
Nicolas GOSSELIN was the child of Gabriel GOSSELIN and Marguerite COUTURE

Children of Nicolas GOSSELIN and Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE:

Nicolas GOSSELIN (b.19 October 1764, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 3 June 1845, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. Felicite NADEAU 24 February 1794 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

Marie GOSSELIN (b.26 August 1766, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 February 1816, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Lower Canada )
m. André NADEAU 15 January 1793 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1738 Birth
6 October 1738
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne COUTURE dite BELLERIVE and Nicolas GOSSELIN 14 February 1757, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 18 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.

1764 Birth of Child
Nicolas GOSSELIN was born 19 October 1764, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 26 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie GOSSELIN was born 26 August 1766, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne was 27 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage of Child
Marie GOSSELIN married 15 January 1793, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada to André NADEAU

1794 Marriage of Child
Nicolas GOSSELIN married 24 February 1794, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais) to Felicite NADEAU