Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 12 April 1717 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 4 November 1793 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was born 12 April 1717 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Geneviève BRÉBANT dite LECOMPTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marie BOURGERIE (maternal) Pierre BRÉBANT dit LECOMPTE and Marguerite DE LAPLACE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite ÉTHIER 2 March 1740 in Lanoraie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite ÉTHIER was born 04 October 1710 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Marguerite died 14 June 1769 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marguerite was the child of René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE.

Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE died 4 November 1793 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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 Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE

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Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE married

Marguerite ÉTHIER-- Date: 2 March 1740 Place: Lanoraie, Canada, New France
Marguerite ÉTHIER was the child of René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE

Children of Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite ÉTHIER:

Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE (b.1 December 1740, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1805, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada)
m. Angélique VIGNEAULT 23 February 1767 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte ROBERT (b.9 March 1742, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. 16 October 1817, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph HAMEL dit MANEGRE 5 March 1764 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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1717 Birth
12 April 1717
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1740 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite ÉTHIER 2 March 1740, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

He was 22 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE was born 1 December 1740, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT was born 9 March 1742, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Jean-Baptiste was 24 years old.

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

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ROBERT married 5 March 1764, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier) to Joseph HAMEL dit MANEGRE

1767 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROBERT dit FONTAINE married 23 February 1767, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada to Angélique VIGNEAULT

1769 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite ÉTHIER died 14 June 1769 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.