Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS

(b. 6 November 1795 , Varennes, Lower Canada d. 20 October 1830 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS was born 6 November 1795 in Varennes, Lower Canada

Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS was the child of Joachim-Joseph MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Ursule CADIEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Jean MESSIER dit ST-FRANÇOIS and Marie-Anne-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉ (maternal) Antoine CADIEUX and Catherine BRODEUR dite LAVIGNE

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Marie married Louis LOISEAU 7 February 1814 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Louis LOISEAU was born 9 July 1793 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU and Marie-Josephe MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS.

Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS died 20 October 1830 in Varennes, 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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Louis LOISEAU-- Date: 7 February 1814 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Louis LOISEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU and Marie-Josephe MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS

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1795 Birth
6 November 1795
Varennes, Lower Canada

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

1814 Marriage / Partner
Marie MESSIER dite ST-FRANCOIS and Louis LOISEAU 7 February 1814, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 18 years old.

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.