Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE

(b. 23 April 1759 , Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1816 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE was born 23 April 1759 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Canada, New France

Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE was the child of François MAROT (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Elisabeth LAMBERT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François MARCOTTE (MAROTTE) dit LABONTE and Marie-Thérèse HOUDE (maternal) Pierre-François LAMBERT and Marie-Louise HOUDE dite BELLEFEUILLE

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Thérèse married Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE 26 February 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE was born 14 October 1756 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph-Louis died 10 April 1838 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Louis was the child of Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS.

Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE died 28 April 1816 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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Family and Children of Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE

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Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE married

Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE-- Date: 26 February 1781 Place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE was the child of Joseph FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Louise BÉLISLE dite CHÈVREFILS

Children of Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE and Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE:

Etienne COURCHESNE (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. 20 August 1832, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine HAMEL 23 January 1815 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

François COURCHESNE (b.10 April 1785, Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada d. 19 July 1833, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada )
m. Louise HAMEL 10 October 1826 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1759 Birth
23 April 1759
Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MAROT (MAROTTE) dite LABONTE and Joseph-Louis COURCHESNE 26 February 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 21 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
François COURCHESNE was born 10 April 1785, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 25 years old.

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)

1815 Marriage of Child
Etienne COURCHESNE married 23 January 1815, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre) to Marie-Madeleine HAMEL