Antoine PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE

(b. 6 May 1718 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1770 , Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE was born 6 May 1718 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Antoine PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE was the child of Antoine PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marie BOUCHER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean PIETTE dit TREMPE and Marguerite CHEMEREAU (CHAUMEREAU) (maternal) Charles BOUCHER and Marguerite-Agnes PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Antoine married Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE 25 February 1754 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE was born 3 June 1723 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Thérèse died 25 October 1815 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse was the child of Jean MANDEVILLE and Marie-Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE.

Antoine PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE died 31 March 1770 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, 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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Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE-- Date: 25 February 1754 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE was the child of Jean MANDEVILLE and Marie-Catherine BÉRARD dite LEPINE

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1718 Birth
6 May 1718
Sorel, Canada, New France

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

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Antoine PIETTE dit LAFRENIERE and Marie-Thérèse MANDEVILLE 25 February 1754, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 35 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.