Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 December 1817 , Champlain, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER was the child of François DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS and Madeleine DAVID dite BARTHÉLEMY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DURAND dit DESMARCHAIS and Jeanne-Renée CHARTIER (maternal) Barthelemy DAVID and Catherine DESHAYES (DESHAIES)

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Thérèse married Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL 8 February 1762 in Champlain, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL was born 24 October 1731 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Michel BIGOT dit DORVAL and Marie-Anne TOUTANT.

Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER died 31 December 1817 in Champlain, 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 Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER

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Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER married

Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL-- Date: 8 February 1762 Place: Champlain, Canada
Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL was the child of Michel BIGOT dit DORVAL and Marie-Anne TOUTANT

Children of Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL and Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER:

Therese BIGOT dite DORVAL (b.21 January 1763, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joachim-Alexis JOBIN dit BOISVERT 22 August 1786 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL (b.28 April 1764, Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 July 1862, Québec, Canada East )
m. Elisabeth ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) 5 February 1839 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse DURAND dite CHARTIER and Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL 8 February 1762 , Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Therese BIGOT dite DORVAL was born 21 January 1763, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

1764 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BIGOT dit DORVAL was born 28 April 1764, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Therese BIGOT dite DORVAL married 22 August 1786, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Joachim-Alexis JOBIN dit BOISVERT

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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