Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

(b. 21 August 1766 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 July 1795 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was born 21 August 1766 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was the child of Pierre PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Agathe-Elisabeth SALVAIL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marie-Louise LETENDRE (maternal) Pierre SALVAIL (SALVAYE) dit TREMONT and Geneviève HUS PAUL

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

Catherine married Pierre LETENDRE 26 October 1789 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre LETENDRE was born 5 April 1766 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE and Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN.

Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA died 20 July 1795 in Sorel, 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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Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA married

Pierre LETENDRE-- Date: 26 October 1789 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre LETENDRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LETENDRE and Madeleine LOISEAU dite CARDIN

Children of Pierre LETENDRE and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA:

Catherine LETENDRE (b.7 August 1790, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1818, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LAVALLEE 3 February 1806 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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1766 Birth
21 August 1766
Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1789 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and Pierre LETENDRE 26 October 1789, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

She was 23 years old.

1790 Birth of Child
Catherine LETENDRE was born 7 August 1790, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Catherine was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)