Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

(b. abt. 1701 , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 February 1800 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was born abt. 1701 in Québec Province, Canada

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was the child of Nicolas VANASSE and Jeanne BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Noel VANASSE and Jeanne FOURRIER (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERC

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

Nicolas married Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER was born 20 December 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marguerite-Jeanne died 24 March 1800 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite-Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS.

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE died 4 February 1800 in Maskinongé, 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 Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE

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Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married

Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER-- Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

Children of Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE and Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER:

Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE (b.9 February 1729, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1757, Berthierville, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS 14 April 1749 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE (b.16 November 1732, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE 17 January 1757 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE (b.abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 July 1804, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne SICARD dite CARUFEL 1 May 1759 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Josephte VANASSE (b.abt. 1734, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Francois FLEURY 21 July 1760 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE (b.abt. 1738, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 July 1786, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL 13 April 1761 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE (b.abt. 1740, , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 September 1817, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE 2 February 1761 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Geneviève VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE (b.abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 September 1825, Lanoraie, Lower Canada )
m. Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME 27 July 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Birth of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE was born 9 February 1729, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1732 Birth of Child
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE was born 16 November 1732, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

1749 Marriage of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 14 April 1749 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Jean-Baptiste DESROSIERS

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 17 January 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Marie-Anne DESROSIERS dite LAFRENIÈRE

1757 Death of Child
Marguerite VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE died 2 December 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

1759 Marriage of Child
François VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 1 May 1759, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Marie-Anne SICARD dite CARUFEL

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte VANASSE married 21 July 1760, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Francois FLEURY

1761 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 2 February 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Antoine DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

1761 Marriage of Child
Louis VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE married 13 April 1761, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Marie-Ursule SICARD dite CARUFEL

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.

1765 Marriage of Child
Geneviève VANASSE dite VERTEFEUILLE married 27 July 1765, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean CHARRON dit DUCHARME

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.