Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE

(b. 20 February 1737 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1807 , La Prairie, Lower Canada )

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Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE was born 20 February 1737 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE was the child of Paul LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE and Barbe DUPUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Clément LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE and Marie-Marguerite ROY (maternal) Moise DUPUIS and Marie Anne Louise CHRISTIANSEN

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Catherine married François BAREAU (BRIAULT) 13 January 1755 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François BAREAU (BRIAULT) was born 25 September 1727 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François died 24 October 1817 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François was the child of François-Xavier BAREAU and Marguerite SÉNÉCAL.

Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE died 6 June 1807 in La Prairie, 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 Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE

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Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE married

François BAREAU (BRIAULT)-- Date: 13 January 1755 Place: Saint-Constant, Canada, New France
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François BAREAU (BRIAULT) was the child of François-Xavier BAREAU and Marguerite SÉNÉCAL

Children of François BAREAU (BRIAULT) and Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE:

Françoise-Catherine BAREAU (BRIAULT) (b.25 August 1757, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1848, La Prairie, Canada East )
m. René RIVET 1 July 1776 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Rosalie BAREAU (BRIAULT) (b.17 April 1771, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 February 1802, Saint-Constant, Lower Canada)
m. Laurent DENIGER 31 July 1797 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1737 Birth
20 February 1737
La Prairie, Canada, New France

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

1755 Marriage / Partner
Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dite LAPLANTE and François BAREAU (BRIAULT) 13 January 1755, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

She was 17 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Françoise-Catherine BAREAU (BRIAULT) was born 25 August 1757, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Catherine was 20 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Marie-Rosalie BAREAU (BRIAULT) was born 17 April 1771, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Catherine was 34 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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Françoise-Catherine BAREAU (BRIAULT) married 1 July 1776, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to René RIVET

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)

1797 Marriage of Child
Marie-Rosalie BAREAU (BRIAULT) married 31 July 1797, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Laurent DENIGER

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)