Marie-Josephe CUSSON dite DESORMIERS

(b. abt. 1711 , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 December 1798 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe CUSSON dite DESORMIERS was born abt. 1711 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Josephe CUSSON dite DESORMIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste CUSSON and Marguerite ROCHEREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CUSSON and Marie FOUBERT (maternal) Michel ROCHEREAU and Marie BIGOT

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Marie-Josephe married Michel ROCHON 12 November 1731 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . Michel ROCHON was born 20 April 1706 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Michel died 25 January 1784 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Michel was the child of Jean-Charles ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Geneviève GARNIER.

Marie-Josephe CUSSON dite DESORMIERS died 20 December 1798 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .

m. Rochon Michel

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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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Michel ROCHON-- Date: 12 November 1731 Place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Michel ROCHON was the child of Jean-Charles ROCHON (ROCHERON) and Geneviève GARNIER

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe CUSSON dite DESORMIERS and Michel ROCHON 12 November 1731 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

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.

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.