Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 25 February 1753 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1826 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 25 February 1753 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise-Marguerite GUERTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice PION dit LAFONTAINE and Thérèse-Marie CHICOINE (maternal) Gabriel GUERTIN and Françoise TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT)

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Amable-Louis married Marie-Archange DESMARAIS 2 October 1775 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Marie-Archange DESMARAIS was born 23 September 1751 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Archange died 17 February 1810 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Archange was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET.

Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE died 1 April 1826 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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 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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE

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Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE married

Marie-Archange DESMARAIS-- Date: 2 October 1775 Place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Archange DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET

Children of Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Archange DESMARAIS:

Louis FONTAINE (b.4 May 1779, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine GUYON dite LEMOINE 16 July 1810 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Amable FONTAINE (b.abt. 1782, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Angelique RENAUD 21 November 1803 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Catherine FONTAINE (b.abt. 1789, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Basile CHARRON 29 September 1806 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François PION dit LAFONTAINE (b.abt. 1793, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1753 Birth
25 February 1753
Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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 Marriage / Partner
Amable-Louis PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Archange DESMARAIS 2 October 1775, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 22 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.

1779 Birth of Child
Louis FONTAINE was born 4 May 1779, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Amable-Louis was 26 years old.

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)

1803 Marriage of Child
Amable FONTAINE married 21 November 1803, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Angelique RENAUD

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1806 Marriage of Child
Catherine FONTAINE married 29 September 1806, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Basile CHARRON