Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

(b. 29 September 1722 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 15 June 1795 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was born 29 September 1722 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Marie CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Barbe BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS (maternal) Vital CARON and Marie PERTHUIS

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

Marie-Michelle married Paul GAGNÉ 7 January 1742 in Châteauguay, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Paul GAGNÉ was born 11 December 1716 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Paul was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER.

Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE died 15 June 1795 in Châteauguay, 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-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE married

Paul GAGNÉ-- Date: 7 January 1742 Place: Châteauguay, Canada, New France
Paul GAGNÉ was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

Children of Paul GAGNÉ and Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE:

Paul GAGNÉ (b.20 February 1756, Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. abt. 1807, )
m. Catherine LACROIX dite HUBERT 19 January 1779 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

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1722 Birth
29 September 1722
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1742 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Michelle BRAULT dite POMANVILLE and Paul GAGNÉ 7 January 1742, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

She was 19 years old.

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

1756 Birth of Child
Paul GAGNÉ was born 20 February 1756, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Marie-Michelle was 33 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.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Paul GAGNÉ married 19 January 1779, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine) to Catherine LACROIX dite HUBERT

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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