Esther Marie
MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE
(b.
21 August 1813
,
Prescott, Upper Canada
d.
9 December 1882
,
Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada
)
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Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE was born 21 August 1813 in Prescott, Upper Canada
Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Esther Marie married Jean-Baptiste BRIERE 3 August 1841 in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste BRIERE was born abt. 1820 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 20 December 1890 in Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE died 9 December 1882 in Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada.
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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)
Family and Children of Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE
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Jean-Baptiste BRIERE-- Date: 3 August 1841 Place: Saint-Jérôme, Canada East
Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIERE and Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE:
Pierre BRIERE (b.2 May 1844, Saint-Jérôme, Canada East d. abt. 1929, Tupper Lake, New York, USA)
m. Veronique Annie LAROCHE 1870
Jean-Baptiste BRIERE-- Date: 3 August 1841 Place: Saint-Jérôme, Canada East Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec
Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIERE and Esther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE:
Pierre BRIERE (b.2 May 1844, Saint-Jérôme, Canada East d. abt. 1929, Tupper Lake, New York, USA)m. Veronique Annie LAROCHE 1870
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1813 Birth 21 August 1813
Prescott, Upper Canada
1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England
1841 Marriage / PartnerEsther Marie MAURICE dite LAFANTAISIE and Jean-Baptiste BRIERE 3 August 1841, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)
She was 27 years old.
1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1844 Birth of ChildPierre BRIERE was born 2 May 1844, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome)
Esther Marie was 30 years old.
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.
1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada
1882 Death 9 December 1882
Russell, Prescott and Russell, Ontario, Canada
She died at the age of 69.
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