Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX

(b. 3 March 1737 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 1 December 1818 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX was born 3 March 1737 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX was the child of François FENIS GRUFFAT dit DAUPHINÉ and Madeleine GADIOU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Gilles GADIOU and Marie-Anne DELUGRE

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

Madeleine married Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR 27 October 1760 in Contrecœur, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was born abt. 1735 in France. Jacques died 13 September 1808 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir).

Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX died 1 December 1818 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX married

Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR-- Date: 27 October 1760 Place: Contrecœur, Canada

Children of Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR and Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX:

Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR (b.22 August 1761, Saint-Ours, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN 16 June 1783 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1737 Birth
3 March 1737
Contrecœur, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX and Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR 27 October 1760, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

She was 23 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was born 22 August 1761, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Madeleine was 24 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
Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR married 16 June 1783, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN

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)