Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE

(b. 31 December 1759 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 23 April 1839 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE was born 31 December 1759 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE was the child of Germain ROCHEREAU and Marie-Josephe DUMAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste ROCHEREAU and Jeanne-Elisabeth DERY (maternal) Pierre DUMAS and Suzanne BAILLARGEON

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

Marie married Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA 26 July 1784 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA was born 10 February 1763 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Pierre was the child of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Agathe-Elisabeth SALVAIL.

Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE died 23 April 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 ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE married

Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA-- Date: 26 July 1784 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA was the child of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Agathe-Elisabeth SALVAIL

Children of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE:

Judith PELLETIER dite ANTAYA (b.22 June 1798, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Michel CHALIFOUX 26 November 1816 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1759 Birth
31 December 1759
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
Marie ROCHEREAU dite LESPERANCE and Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA 26 July 1784, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 24 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Judith PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was born 22 June 1798, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie was 38 years old.

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Judith PELLETIER dite ANTAYA married 26 November 1816, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Michel CHALIFOUX

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)