Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET

(b. 30 July 1673 , Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1755 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )

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Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET was born 30 July 1673 in Louiseville, Canada, New France

Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET was the child of Marin MARAIS and Marie DESCHAMPS

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Thérèse married Pierre PASSERIEU dit BONNEFOND 16 November 1687 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PASSERIEU dit BONNEFOND was born abt. 1667 in France.

Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET died 13 December 1755 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
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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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Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET married

Pierre PASSERIEU dit BONNEFOND-- Date: 16 November 1687 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Children of Pierre PASSERIEU dit BONNEFOND and Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET:

Marie PASSERIEU dite BONNEFOND (b.abt. 1692, , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 April 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph RONDEAU 1718 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1673 Birth
30 July 1673
Louiseville, Canada, New France

1687 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse MARAIS dite MARET and Pierre PASSERIEU dit BONNEFOND 16 November 1687, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 14 years old.