Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE

(b. 24 December 1772 , Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1828 , Lotbinière, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE was born 24 December 1772 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE was the child of Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Catherine GAURON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TOUSIGNANT and Therese BEAUDET (maternal) Joseph GAURON and Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCE

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

Marie-Louise married Michel GROLEAU 23 April 1792 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GROLEAU was born 18 October 1766 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Michel died 25 September 1849 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Michel was the child of Pierre-Joseph GROLEAU and Marie-Isabelle FRENET (FRENETTE).

Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE died 5 March 1828 in Lotbinière, 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-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE married

Michel GROLEAU-- Date: 23 April 1792 Place: Deschambault, Lower Canada
Michel GROLEAU was the child of Pierre-Joseph GROLEAU and Marie-Isabelle FRENET (FRENETTE)

Children of Michel GROLEAU and Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE:

Flavie GROLEAU (b.abt. 1797, , Québec Province, Canada d. 7 August 1873, Deschambault, Québec, Canada )
m. François-Xavier HOUDE 2 October 1832 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

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1772 Birth
24 December 1772
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE and Michel GROLEAU 23 April 1792, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

She was 19 years old.

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

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England