Agathe MARION dite FONTAINE

(b. 13 July 1735 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 6 April 1763 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Agathe MARION dite FONTAINE was born 13 July 1735 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Agathe MARION dite FONTAINE was the child of Etienne MARION dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Yvonne HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dite DESCHAMPS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE and Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS) (maternal) Pierre HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Catherine BEAUCHAMP

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Agathe married Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 5 February 1753 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was born 27 March 1728 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Jean-Baptiste died 16 September 1788 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of François OUELLET and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD.

Agathe MARION dite FONTAINE died 6 April 1763 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Ouellet Jean-Baptiste

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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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Jean-Baptiste OUELLET-- Date: 5 February 1753 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste OUELLET was the child of François OUELLET and Marie-Anne BOUCHARD

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1735 Birth
13 July 1735
Repentigny, Canada, New France

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

1753 Marriage / Partner
Agathe MARION dite FONTAINE and Jean-Baptiste OUELLET 5 February 1753, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 17 years old.