Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE

(b. 27 March 1702 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 17 July 1774 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE was born 27 March 1702 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE was the child of Ignace LEFEBVRE dit BELISLE and Marie-Suzanne TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Michel LEFEBVRE dit DESCOTEAUX and Jeanne AUNEAU (AUNOIS) (maternal) Pierre TROTTIER and Suzanne MIGAUD (MICHAUD)

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Marguerite-Agathe married Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR 17 July 1744 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR was born abt. 1694 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 27 August 1782 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Pierre was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite GUILLET.

Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE died 17 July 1774 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE married

Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR-- Date: 17 July 1744 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR was the child of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite GUILLET

Children of Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE:

Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR (b.12 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1812, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE 12 November 1700 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
m. Élisabeth Isabelle THIBAULT 18 November 1767 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1700 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR married 12 November 1700, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Geneviève BILLY dite COURVILLE

1702 Birth
27 March 1702
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite-Agathe LEFEBVRE dite BELISLE and Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR 17 July 1744, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 42 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR was born 12 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marguerite-Agathe was 43 years old.

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

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.

1767 Marriage of Child
Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) ST-CYR married 18 November 1767, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Élisabeth Isabelle THIBAULT