Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 15 July 1742 , Chambly, Canada, New France d. 11 November 1814 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE was born 15 July 1742 in Chambly, Canada, New France

Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Catherine BOIVIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Michel BOIVIN and Françoise LORRAIN

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Joseph-Antoine married Charlotte BARRIERE 29 September 1766 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte BARRIERE was born 22 September 1747 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Charlotte was the child of Rene BARRIERE and Agathe LAPORTE.

Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE died 11 November 1814 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE married

Charlotte BARRIERE-- Date: 29 September 1766 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Charlotte BARRIERE was the child of Rene BARRIERE and Agathe LAPORTE

Children of Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BARRIERE:

Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE (b.22 August 1767, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 25 August 1832, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Francois DUQUET dit DESROCHERS 11 November 1816 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1742 Birth
15 July 1742
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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Antoine LAROCQUE dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BARRIERE 29 September 1766, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

He was 24 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE was born 22 August 1767, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Joseph-Antoine was 25 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.