Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN

(b. 7 April 1726 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 18 April 1801 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN was born 7 April 1726 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN was the child of Mathurin GRÉGOIRE dit VALENTIN and Elisabeth FAYOLLE dite MARQUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Mathurin GRÉGOIRE and Françoise LOISEAU (maternal) Jean FAYOLLE dit MARQUIS and Marie PAVIOT

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Marie-Louise married Pierre-Basile MARTIN 1 June 1744 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre-Basile MARTIN was born 10 November 1721 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Pierre-Basile died 31 May 1762 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Pierre-Basile was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Marie-Françoise FEVRIER dite LACROIX.

Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN died 18 April 1801 in Verchères, 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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Family and Children of Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN

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Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN married

Pierre-Basile MARTIN-- Date: 1 June 1744 Place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Pierre-Basile MARTIN was the child of Antoine MARTIN and Marie-Françoise FEVRIER dite LACROIX

Children of Pierre-Basile MARTIN and Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN:

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN (b.29 February 1748, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite NADEAU 22 April 1799 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre-Louis MARTIN (b.abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Pierre-Antoine MARTIN (b.abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Francois-Marie MARTIN (b.February 13, 1754, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. October 19, 1829, )
m. Marie-Agathe FONTAINE

Marie-Joseph MARTIN (b.18 March 1755, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 2 July 1841, Lanoraie, Canada East )

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1726 Birth
7 April 1726
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

1744 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GRÉGOIRE dite VALENTIN and Pierre-Basile MARTIN 1 June 1744, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 18 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 29 February 1748, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Louise was 21 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Francois-Marie MARTIN was born February 13, 1754, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Louise was 27 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Joseph MARTIN was born 18 March 1755, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Marie-Louise was 28 years old.

1762 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pierre-Basile MARTIN died 31 May 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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)

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

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

1799 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN married 22 April 1799, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marguerite NADEAU

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

1801 Death
18 April 1801
Verchères, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 75.

Added: 2/3/2015 10:35:16 AM - Updated: 5/25/2017 11:12:08 AM