Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS

(b. 8 July 1731 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 5 August 1817 , Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was born 8 July 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU) (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Louis married Marie-Catherine FRIGON 20 June 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Catherine FRIGON was born 2 December 1740 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Catherine died 5 October 1820 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand) (Bécancour)*. Marie-Catherine was the child of Francois FRIGON and Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES.

Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS died 5 August 1817 in Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, 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 DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS married

Marie-Catherine FRIGON-- Date: 20 June 1761 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada
Marie-Catherine FRIGON was the child of Francois FRIGON and Marie-Jeanne DESHAIES

Children of Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Marie-Catherine FRIGON:

Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS (b.23 July 1768, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 November 1860, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG) 1 February 1796 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Pierre DESILETS (b.20 July 1770, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 April 1847, Trois-Rivières, Canada East )
m. Rosalie ELIE 10 November 1794 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1731 Birth
8 July 1731
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Marie-Catherine FRIGON 20 June 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 29 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS was born 23 July 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 37 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Pierre DESILETS was born 20 July 1770, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis was 39 years old.

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1794 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESILETS married 10 November 1794, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Rosalie ELIE

1796 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DESILETS married 1 February 1796, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Marie-Charlotte BOURQUE (BOURG)

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

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