Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

(b. 16 March 1741 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 28 October 1811 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD was born 16 March 1741 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD was the child of Charles-François BERNARD dit FONTAINE and Charlotte BERTHELOT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques BERTHELOT and Marguerite PARENTEAU

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

Thérèse married Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD 5 February 1759 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD was born 8 November 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Alexis was the child of François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD and Marie-Louise GALARNEAU.

Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD died 28 October 1811 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD married

Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD-- Date: 5 February 1759 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD was the child of François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD and Marie-Louise GALARNEAU

Children of Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD and Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD:

Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD (b.8 February 1761, Trois-Rivières, Canada d. 2 March 1840, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre GLINEL (DINELLE) 11 January 1779 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1741 Birth
16 March 1741
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD and Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD 5 February 1759, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 17 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD was born 8 February 1761, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Thérèse was 19 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.

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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD married 11 January 1779, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Pierre GLINEL (DINELLE)

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)