Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU

(b. 10 November 1741 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1773 , Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU was born 10 November 1741 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU was the child of Paul FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Thérèse DUFAYE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marguerite GENTES (maternal) Étienne DUFAYE and Marie-Madeleine MOINEAU

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

Marie-Thérèse married Michel GUILLET 12 January 1761 in Varennes, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GUILLET was born 18 October 1740 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Michel died 25 November 1823 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Michel was the child of Louis GUILLET and Marie-Françoise NORMANDIN.

Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU died 9 May 1773 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Michel Guillet
12 January 1761
Varennes, Sainte-Anne, Verchères, 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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Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU married

Michel GUILLET-- Date: 12 January 1761 Place: Varennes, Canada
Michel GUILLET was the child of Louis GUILLET and Marie-Françoise NORMANDIN

Children of Michel GUILLET and Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU:

Marie-Therese GUILLET (b.abt. 1768, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis GROS dit ST-PIERRE 7 November 1791 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1741 Birth
10 November 1741
Varennes, Canada, New France

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

1761 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse FONTAINE dite BIENVENU and Michel GUILLET 12 January 1761, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 19 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.