Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS

(b. 16 May 1768 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada d. 28 August 1836 , Québec, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was born 16 May 1768 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS was the child of Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève BOISSONNEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel DUQUET and Marie-Geneviève LISSE (maternal) Pierre BOISSONNEAU dit ST-ONGE and Geneviève GONTHIER dite BERNARD

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

Marie-Louise married Jean-Baptiste FORTIER 16 May 1786 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was born 19 May 1770 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 20 December 1823 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Ambroise FORTIER and Brigitte TREMBLAY.

Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS died 28 August 1836 in Québec, Lower Canada .

died at St-Roch-de-Quebec

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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-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS

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Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS married

Jean-Baptiste FORTIER-- Date: 16 May 1786 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste FORTIER was the child of Ambroise FORTIER and Brigitte TREMBLAY

Children of Jean-Baptiste FORTIER and Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS:

Charles FORTIER (b.abt. 1800, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Luce MCINTYRE 18 July 1820 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

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1768 Birth
16 May 1768
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Province of Québec, Canada

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 / Partner
Marie-Louise DUQUET dite DESROSIERS and Jean-Baptiste FORTIER 16 May 1786 , Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada

She was 18 years old.

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England