Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE

(b. 14 March 1762 , Québec, Canada d. 23 March 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE was born 14 March 1762 in Québec, Canada

Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE was the child of Mathieu HIANVEU dit LAFRANCE and Marguerite PEPIN dite SENEZ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean PEPIN and Marguerite MOREAU

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Marie-Marguerite married Pierre LANGLOIS 25 September 1787 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre LANGLOIS was born 16 July 1739 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre died 4 July 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Geneviève SEDILOT.

Marie-Marguerite married (2) Jacques CANTARA 26 September 1803 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Jacques CANTARA was born 13 April 1752 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jacques died 27 January 1833 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste CANTARA and Genevieve ALLARD.

Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE died 23 March 1839 in Sorel, 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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Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE married

Pierre LANGLOIS-- Date: 25 September 1787 Place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre LANGLOIS was the child of Antoine LANGLOIS and Geneviève SEDILOT

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Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE married

Jacques CANTARA-- Date: 26 September 1803 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Jacques CANTARA was the child of Jean-Baptiste CANTARA and Genevieve ALLARD

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1762 Birth
14 March 1762
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.

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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE and Pierre LANGLOIS 25 September 1787, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 25 years old.

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

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

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE and Jacques CANTARA 26 September 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 41 years old.