Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE

(b. 12 October 1715 , Beaumont, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1794 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 12 October 1715 in Beaumont, Canada, New France

Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE was the child of Joseph ROY dit PORTELANCE and Jeanne GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES (maternal) Michel GAUTRON dit LAROCHELLE and Marie-Madeleine BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

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Marie-Jeanne married Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE abt. 1739 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE was born abt. 1712 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Louis was the child of Raymond CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE (CHAINE) and Marie-Marguerite RENAUD.

Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE died 7 January 1794 in Sorel, 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 Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE

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Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE married

Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE-- Date: abt. 1739 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE was the child of Raymond CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE (CHAINE) and Marie-Marguerite RENAUD

Children of Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE and Marie-Jeanne ROY dite PORTELANCE:

Louis CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE (b.abt. 1741, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

François CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE (b.29 January 1742, Deschaillons, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Louise MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE 1761 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Agathe CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE (b.23 January 1746, Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 14 June 1774, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Antoine BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD) 27 January 1766 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Geneviève CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1715 Birth
12 October 1715
Beaumont, Canada, New France

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

1742 Birth of Child
François CHESNÉ dit LAGRAVE was born 29 January 1742, Deschaillons, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Deschaillons)

Marie-Jeanne was 26 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Agathe CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE was born 23 January 1746, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

Marie-Jeanne was 30 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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Agathe CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE married 27 January 1766, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas) to Antoine BALARD dit LATOUR (BALLARD)

1774 Death of Child
Agathe CHESNÉ dite LAGRAVE died 14 June 1774, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Marie-Jeanne was 58 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.