Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD

(b. 2 January 1744 , Lanoraie, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1791 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD was born 2 January 1744 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste DALCOURT dit GUIGNARD and Marie-Josephte BONIN dite STE-MARIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DALCOURT dit GUIGNARD and Marie-Dite-Catherine GUYON (maternal) Nicolas BONIN dit STE-MARIE and Catherine GIARD

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Marie-Josephte married Benoit-Antoine HETU 23 November 1761 in Lanoraie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Benoit-Antoine HETU was born 6 March 1734 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Benoit-Antoine died 5 December 1790 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Benoit-Antoine was the child of Jean-Baptiste HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE.

Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD died 1 March 1791 in Lanoraie, 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-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD married

Benoit-Antoine HETU-- Date: 23 November 1761 Place: Lanoraie, Canada
Benoit-Antoine HETU was the child of Jean-Baptiste HETU dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Marguerite GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

Children of Benoit-Antoine HETU and Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD:

Marie-Josephte HETU (b.23 March 1763, Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 February 1839, Lanoraie, Lower Canada )
m. Alexis PERRAULT 1782 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Ursule HETU (b.20 April 1769, Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 November 1828, Lavaltrie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph GRENIER 12 January 1795 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie HETU (b.abt. 1776, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis-Hyacinthe DESCOTEAUX 20 April 1801 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1744 Birth
2 January 1744
Lanoraie, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte DALCOURT dite GUIGNARD and Benoit-Antoine HETU 23 November 1761 , Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

She was 17 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
Marie-Josephte HETU was born 23 March 1763, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Marie-Josephte was 19 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Ursule HETU was born 20 April 1769, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Marie-Josephte was 25 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)

1790 Death of Spouse/Partner
Benoit-Antoine HETU died 5 December 1790, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1791 Death
1 March 1791
Lanoraie, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 47.

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