Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES

(b. 11 August 1773 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )

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Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES was born 11 August 1773 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Marie-Josephe PAIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste COUILLARD dit DESPRES and Reine CARON (maternal) Jean PAIN and Marie-Josephe BRISSON

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Marie-Archange married Paul BERNIER 20 November 1792 in L'Islet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul BERNIER was born abt. 1766 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Paul died 2 February 1846 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Paul was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE.

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-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES married

Paul BERNIER-- Date: 20 November 1792 Place: L'Islet, Lower Canada
Paul BERNIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERNIER and Genevieve MIGNEAULT dite LABRIE

Children of Paul BERNIER and Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES:

Angele BERNIER (b.6 April 1799, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Marcel-Francois GUIMOND 9 February 1819 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1773 Birth
11 August 1773
L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

1792 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Archange COUILLARD dite DESPRES and Paul BERNIER 20 November 1792, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

She was 19 years old.

1799 Birth of Child
Angele BERNIER was born 6 April 1799, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Marie-Archange was 25 years old.

Added: 1/5/2021 11:08:53 AM - Updated: 1/5/2021 11:09:49 AM