Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS

(b. 30 October 1731 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 June 1790 , Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS was born 30 October 1731 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS was the child of Jacques JEAN dit DENIS and Marthe CIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph JEAN dit DENIS and Marie-Renee GARNIER (maternal) Martin CIRIER dit ARGENTEUIL and Marie-Anne BAUNE (BEAULNE)

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

Marie-Anne married Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN 14 August 1758 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN was born 29 August 1727 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Augustin died 28 December 1790 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Augustin was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Thérèse TURCOT.

Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS died 3 June 1790 in Donnacona, 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-Anne JEAN dite DENIS married

Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN-- Date: 14 August 1758 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Thérèse TURCOT

Children of Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN and Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS:

Thérèse DUSSAULT dite TOUPIN (b.2 June 1768, Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 June 1849, Cap-Santé, Canada East )
m. Joseph PICHÉ 30 January 1786 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1731 Birth
30 October 1731
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne JEAN dite DENIS and Augustin DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN 14 August 1758, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 26 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Thérèse DUSSAULT dite TOUPIN was born 2 June 1768, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Marie-Anne was 36 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Thérèse DUSSAULT dite TOUPIN married 30 January 1786, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Joseph PICHÉ