Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR

(b. 13 July 1753 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France d. 1 August 1793 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was born 13 July 1753 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR was the child of Pierre PAYET dit ST-AMOUR and Madeleine FILIATRAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR and Catherine DEMERS (maternal) Louis FILIATRAULT and Marie-Madeleine LABELLE

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Marie-Madeleine married Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE 19 February 1776 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE was born 8 July 1747 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph died 15 January 1794 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Françoise PROULX.

Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR died 1 August 1793 in Lachenaie, 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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Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE-- Date: 19 February 1776 Place: Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Françoise PROULX

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1753 Birth
13 July 1753
Sainte-Rose, Laval, Canada, New France

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.

1776 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine PAYET dite ST-AMOUR and Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE 19 February 1776, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

She was 22 years old.