Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR

(b. 22 May 1730 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. 17 January 1770 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR was born 22 May 1730 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR was the child of Ignace DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Marguerite LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dite DESMARETS (DESMARAIS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel-Ignace DIZY dit MONTPLAISIR and Marie-Jeanne BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) (maternal) Antoine LEPELE (LEPELLÉ) dit DESMARETS (DESMARAIS) and Barbe GODEFROY

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Marie-Charlotte married Nicolas SYLVESTRE 3 February 1749 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Nicolas SYLVESTRE was born 22 August 1723 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Nicolas died 30 June 1801 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Nicolas was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Elisabeth LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR died 17 January 1770 in Berthierville, 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-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR married

Nicolas SYLVESTRE-- Date: 3 February 1749 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Nicolas SYLVESTRE was the child of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Elisabeth LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Nicolas SYLVESTRE and Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR:

Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE (b.2 May 1751, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1826, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Marguerite VALOIS 8 April 1771 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Louis-Paul SYLVESTRE (b.28 August 1755, Berthierville, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1835, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Ursule PERRAULT 24 February 1783 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
22 May 1730
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Charlotte DIZY dite MONPLAISIR and Nicolas SYLVESTRE 3 February 1749, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 18 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Joseph-Amable SYLVESTRE was born 2 May 1751, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Charlotte was 20 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Paul SYLVESTRE was born 28 August 1755, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Marie-Charlotte was 25 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.