Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN

(b. 9 June 1714 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 30 November 1772 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN was born 9 June 1714 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN was the child of Pierre DUREAU (DURAUX) dit POITEVIN and Marguerite-Jeanne GÉLINAS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GÉLINAS and Françoise DE CHARMESNIL (MESNY)

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

Marguerite married Edouard HAMBLETON 4 November 1742 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edouard HAMBLETON was born abt. 1715 in County Dublin, Ireland. Edouard died abt. 1773 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).

Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN died 30 November 1772 in Montréal, 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 DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN married

Edouard HAMBLETON-- Date: 4 November 1742 Place:

Children of Edouard HAMBLETON and Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN:

Pierre HAMBLETON (AMBELLETON) (b.9 August 1745, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephe PETIT 20 October 1773 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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1714 Birth
9 June 1714
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

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite DUREAU (DURAUX) dite POITEVIN and Edouard HAMBLETON 4 November 1742,

She was 28 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Pierre HAMBLETON (AMBELLETON) was born 9 August 1745, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marguerite was 31 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.