Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS

(b. 4 February 1730 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 11 February 1778 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was born 4 February 1730 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Jeanne LECLERC dite FLEURENT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel DESROSIERS dit DÉSILETS and Thomasee-Jeanne ARTAULT (ARTEAU) (maternal) Florent LECLERC and Jeanne-Marie-Anne AUBUCHON

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Thérèse married Charles MASSÉ 27 February 1753 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Charles MASSÉ was born 15 January 1716 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles died 16 September 1790 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Charles was the child of Louis MASSÉ and Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER.

Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS died 11 February 1778 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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Family and Children of Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS

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Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS married

Charles MASSÉ-- Date: 27 February 1753 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Charles MASSÉ was the child of Louis MASSÉ and Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER

Children of Charles MASSÉ and Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS:

Marguerite MASSÉ (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Alexis LEBLANC 25 November 1776 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Charlotte MASSE (b.15 June 1759, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1782, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph POISSON 1 February 1779 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Marie-Elisabeth MASSE (b.2 May 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada d. 29 July 1835, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Charles DUBOIS dit CLEMENT 15 January 1787 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Charles MASSE (b.28 February 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 June 1846, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Judith BERGERON 13 October 1786 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Madeleine MASSE (b.29 August 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 May 1837, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Bonaventure DUREAU dit POITEVIN 13 February 1792 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Louis-Joseph MASSE (b.16 March 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 July 1846, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Canada East )
m. Marie-Anne BERGERON 7 July 1794 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Joseph-Isidore MASSE (b.3 April 1773, , Québec Province, Canada d. 18 September 1813, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Genevieve LEVASSEUR 29 September 1800 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1730 Birth
4 February 1730
Champlain, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DESROSIERS dite DÉSILETS and Charles MASSÉ 27 February 1753, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 23 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte MASSE was born 15 June 1759, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Thérèse was 29 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Elisabeth MASSE was born 2 May 1761, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Thérèse was 31 years old.

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Charles MASSE was born 28 February 1763, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Thérèse was 33 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Madeleine MASSE was born 29 August 1768, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Thérèse was 38 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph MASSE was born 16 March 1771, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Thérèse was 41 years old.

1773 Birth of Child
Joseph-Isidore MASSE was born 3 April 1773, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Thérèse was 43 years old.

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marguerite MASSÉ married 25 November 1776, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Alexis LEBLANC