Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 17 January 1698 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 5 November 1768 , Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was born 17 January 1698 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BOURGERIE (BOURGERY) and Marie GENDRE

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

Antoine married Charlotte BOURDON 17 February 1721 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Charlotte BOURDON was born 1 April 1701 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Charlotte died 22 May 1780 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Charlotte was the child of Jacques BOURDON and Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINE.

Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE died 5 November 1768 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, 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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Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE married

Charlotte BOURDON-- Date: 17 February 1721 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Charlotte BOURDON was the child of Jacques BOURDON and Marie-Louise MENARD dite LAFONTAINE

Children of Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BOURDON:

Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE (b.6 July 1722, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 23 September 1757, Boucherville, Canada, New France )
m. Geneviève VINCELET 18 April 1746 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Josephte ROBERT (b.31 January 1724, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 31 March 1755, Boucherville, Canada, New France )
m. François DENOYON 17 October 1740 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE (b.3 May 1726, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 19 January 1795, Boucherville, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte DELIERE (DESLIERES) dite BONVOULOIR 31 January 1752 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Anne ROBERT (b.2 July 1730, Varennes, Canada, New France d. 5 June 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine HEBERT 11 October 1751 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Amable ROBERT (b.1 July 1734, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jacques BLEAU 24 November 1760 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Marie-Françoise ROBERT (b.28 January 1742, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Vincent-Frederic LENOIR 26 January 1762 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1698 Birth
17 January 1698
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage / Partner
Antoine ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Charlotte BOURDON 17 February 1721, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 23 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was born 6 July 1722, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 24 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT was born 31 January 1724, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 26 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE was born 3 May 1726, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 28 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne ROBERT was born 2 July 1730, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Antoine was 32 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable ROBERT was born 1 July 1734, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 36 years old.

1740 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT married 17 October 1740, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to François DENOYON

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise ROBERT was born 28 January 1742, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 44 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE married 18 April 1746, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Geneviève VINCELET

1751 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROBERT married 11 October 1751, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Antoine HEBERT

1752 Marriage of Child
Antoine ROBERT dit FONTAINE married 31 January 1752, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Josephte DELIERE (DESLIERES) dite BONVOULOIR

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

1755 Death of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT died 31 March 1755, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 57 years old.

1757 Death of Child
Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE died 23 September 1757, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Antoine was 59 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable ROBERT married 24 November 1760, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Jacques BLEAU

1762 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise ROBERT married 26 January 1762, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Vincent-Frederic LENOIR

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.

1768 Death
5 November 1768
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada

He died at the age of 70.

Added: 2/9/2015 2:25:08 PM - Updated: 5/30/2020 9:19:09 AM