Michel CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE

(b. 26 June 1703 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 15 May 1769 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Michel CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 26 June 1703 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Michel CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Josephe ROBIN dite LAPOINTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL (maternal) Jean ROBIN dit LAPOINTE and Jeanne CHARTON (CHARRETON)

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Michel married Marie BEAUCHAMP 18 October 1728 in Laval, Canada, New France . Marie BEAUCHAMP was born 5 August 1705 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie was the child of Pierre BEAUCHAMP and Anne BAZINET.

Michel CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE died 15 May 1769 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Marie BEAUCHAMP-- Date: 18 October 1728 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
Marie BEAUCHAMP was the child of Pierre BEAUCHAMP and Anne BAZINET

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1703 Birth
26 June 1703
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1728 Marriage / Partner
Michel CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie BEAUCHAMP 18 October 1728, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 25 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.