Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE

(b. 15 April 1734 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1812 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE was born 15 April 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE was the child of Louis ROY dit PORTELANCE and Angélique ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PORTELANCE and Anne FORGUES (maternal) Jean-François ALLAIRE and Anne LABBE

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Marie-Angélique married Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS 26 February 1753 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS was born 10 February 1731 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Baptiste died 4 June 1815 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM dit COURVILLE ET DESMARAIS and Marie-Françoise DANIS.

Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE died 21 April 1812 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, 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-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE married

Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS-- Date: 26 February 1753 Place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM dit COURVILLE ET DESMARAIS and Marie-Françoise DANIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS and Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE:

Marie-Josephte ABRAHAM dite COURVILLE (b.29 December 1762, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Canada d. 11 January 1837, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Andre-Amable PERRIER 11 August 1783 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1734 Birth
15 April 1734
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Angélique ROY dite PORTELANCE and Jean-Baptiste ABRAHAM COURVILLE dit DESMARAIS 26 February 1753, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

She was 18 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ABRAHAM dite COURVILLE was born 29 December 1762, Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Marie-Angélique was 28 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.

1783 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ABRAHAM dite COURVILLE married 11 August 1783, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Andre-Amable PERRIER

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)