Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS

(b. 11 September 1737 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1797 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS was born 11 September 1737 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS was the child of Jacques FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS and Therese CHARTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS and Antoinette-Étiennette GERVAIS (maternal) Étienne CHARTIER and Jeanne DRAPEAU

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

Antoine married Therese LAMOUREUX 21 September 1767 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese LAMOUREUX was born 21 January 1747 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Therese died 28 May 1829 in St-Cyprien-de-Léry, Napierville, Quebec, Canada. Therese was the child of Joseph-Adrien LAMOUREUX and Marie-Madeleine PATENAUDE.

Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS died 3 December 1797 in La Prairie, 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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Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS married

Therese LAMOUREUX-- Date: 21 September 1767 Place: Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese LAMOUREUX was the child of Joseph-Adrien LAMOUREUX and Marie-Madeleine PATENAUDE

Children of Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS and Therese LAMOUREUX:

Marie FONTENEAU dite DESMOULINS (b.30 August 1772, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Charles LACROIX 2 February 1795 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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1737 Birth
11 September 1737
Chambly, Canada, New France

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Antoine FONTENEAU dit DESMOULINS and Therese LAMOUREUX 21 September 1767, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 30 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Marie FONTENEAU dite DESMOULINS was born 30 August 1772, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Antoine was 34 years old.

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.

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Marie FONTENEAU dite DESMOULINS married 2 February 1795, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Charles LACROIX