Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

(b. abt. 1737 , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 April 1793 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was born abt. 1737 in Québec Province, Canada

Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD was the child of Francois DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD and Marie-Ursule ROUSSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) François DESTROISMAISONS and Marie-Françoise DANIAU dite LAPRISE (maternal) Martin ROUSSEAU and Elisabeth THIBAULT

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

Josephte married Jean-Marie MICHON 24 October 1757 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Marie MICHON was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Marie died 8 January 1766 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Jean-Marie was the child of Laurent MICHON and Marie-Anne BLANCHET.

Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD died 19 April 1793 in Maskinongé, 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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Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD married

Jean-Marie MICHON-- Date: 24 October 1757 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France
Jean-Marie MICHON was the child of Laurent MICHON and Marie-Anne BLANCHET

Children of Jean-Marie MICHON and Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD:

Ursule-Elisabeth MICHON (b.27 April 1763, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 November 1840, Trois-Pistoles, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin MARTEL 24 September 1781 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Josephte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD and Jean-Marie MICHON 24 October 1757, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Ursule-Elisabeth MICHON was born 27 April 1763, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Marie MICHON died 8 January 1766, Saint-Vallier, 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.