Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR

(b. 28 April 1705 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 12 October 1774 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was born 28 April 1705 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR was the child of François BROSSEAU and Marie-Jeanne COLLET (COLLETTE) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean COLLET (COLLETTE) dit LE PICARD and Jeanne DÉCHARD

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Marie-Anne married Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON) 21 April 1732 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON) was born 15 August 1705 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Jean-Baptiste died 26 March 1763 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Simon-Hector HORSON dit PISCINE and Jeanne LARUE.

Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR died 12 October 1774 in L'Assomption, 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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR

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Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR married

Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON)-- Date: 21 April 1732 Place: La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON) was the child of Simon-Hector HORSON dit PISCINE and Jeanne LARUE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON) and Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR:

Marie-Anne ORSON (b.5 February 1733, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Andre ACHARD 5 October 1760 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marguerite ORSON (HORSON) (b.26 December 1743, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1765, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre LESAGE 28 January 1765 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1705 Birth
28 April 1705
La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR and Jean-Baptiste ORSON (HORSON) 21 April 1732, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

She was 27 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ORSON was born 5 February 1733, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Anne was 27 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Marguerite ORSON (HORSON) was born 26 December 1743, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Marie-Anne was 38 years old.

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

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ORSON married 5 October 1760, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade) to Andre ACHARD

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.