Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 25 October 1740 , Verchères, Canada, New France d. 1 April 1793 , Verchères, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 25 October 1740 in Verchères, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean PION dit LAFONTAINE and Louise-Angélique TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Thérèse CHICOINE (maternal) Jacques TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT) and Marguerite BRUNET

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Jean-Baptiste married Françoise SAVARIA 22 February 1762 in Verchères, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Françoise SAVARIA was born 11 April 1741 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Françoise was the child of Joseph SAVARIA and Rosalie JOURDAIN.

Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE died 1 April 1793 in Verchères, 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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Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE married

Françoise SAVARIA-- Date: 22 February 1762 Place: Verchères, Canada
Françoise SAVARIA was the child of Joseph SAVARIA and Rosalie JOURDAIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise SAVARIA:

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE (b.5 June 1762, Verchères, Canada d. 5 July 1830, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS 29 September 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Jean-Pierre-Francois PION dit FONTAINE (b.abt. 1766, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite-Noelle RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS 1789 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Amable PION dit FONTAINE (b.10 May 1770, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. 18 August 1836, Varennes, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine RICHARD 6 October 1800 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Madeleine PION (b.9 July 1772, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. François CASAVANT 29 January 1798 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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1740 Birth
25 October 1740
Verchères, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE and Françoise SAVARIA 22 February 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 21 years old.

1762 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE was born 5 June 1762, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste was 21 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.

1770 Birth of Child
Amable PION dit FONTAINE was born 10 May 1770, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1772 Birth of Child
Madeleine PION was born 9 July 1772, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 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 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE married 29 September 1779, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS

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