Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE

(b. 30 September 1754 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1809 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was born 30 September 1754 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was the child of Michel VACHER dit ST-ANTOINE and Angélique MERCIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine VACHER and Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER (maternal) Antoine MERCIER and Claudine-Angélique MILLIET (MILLETTE)

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

Angelique married Louis-Joseph MASSON 16 February 1779 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Joseph MASSON was born 23 February 1745 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada. Louis-Joseph died 25 August 1824 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Louis-Joseph was the child of Barnabé MASSON and Agnès GARNIER (GRENIER).

Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE died 28 May 1809 in Maskinongé, 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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Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE married

Louis-Joseph MASSON-- Date: 16 February 1779 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Louis-Joseph MASSON was the child of Barnabé MASSON and Agnès GARNIER (GRENIER)

Children of Louis-Joseph MASSON and Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE:

Ursule MASSON (b.17 September 1785, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 February 1870, St. Ursule, Maskinonge, Quebec, Canada)
m. Pierre VALLIERE (VALIERE) 7 July 1806 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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1754 Birth
30 September 1754
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, 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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Angelique VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE and Louis-Joseph MASSON 16 February 1779, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

She was 24 years old.