Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE

(b. 8 July 1709 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1777 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE was born 8 July 1709 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE was the child of Hugues-Jacques MESSAGUIER dit LAPLAINE and Marie-Jeanne RENOUARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques RENOUARD dit SAINT-ETIENNE and Jeanne CAILLÉ

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

Marie-Jeanne married Jacques PILON 19 October 1733 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques PILON was born abt. 1713 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jacques was the child of Antoine PILON and Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG.

Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE died 3 March 1777 in Montréal, 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 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 MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE married

Jacques PILON-- Date: 19 October 1733 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques PILON was the child of Antoine PILON and Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG

Children of Jacques PILON and Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE:

Marie-Jeanne PILON (b.27 October 1734, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1818, Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )
m. François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD 21 October 1754 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

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1709 Birth
8 July 1709
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1733 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Jeanne MESSAGUIER dite LAPLAINE and Jacques PILON 19 October 1733, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

She was 24 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne PILON was born 27 October 1734, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Marie-Jeanne was 25 years old.

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

1754 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne PILON married 21 October 1754, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes) to François-Marie LAROCQUE dit COUILLARD

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.

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.