Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT

(b. 7 November 1723 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 17 May 1803 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT was born 7 November 1723 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT was the child of Jacques-Julien LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT and Catherine PATRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gilles LAURENT dit ST-LAURENT and Anne LABRECQUE (maternal) Jean PATRY (PATRIS) and Catherine VANASSE

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

Agathe-Catherine married François SALOIS 9 October 1747 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
François SALOIS was born 10 July 1718 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). François died 29 August 1785 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). François was the child of Ignace SALOIS and Marie-Louise PREVOST.

Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT died 17 May 1803 in Yamaska, 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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Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT married

François SALOIS-- Date: 9 October 1747 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
François SALOIS was the child of Ignace SALOIS and Marie-Louise PREVOST

Children of François SALOIS and Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT:

Joseph SALOIS (b.abt. 1747, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte MICHEL dite TAILLON 28 October 1771 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Marie-Agathe SALOIS (b.31 August 1749, Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 18 October 1786, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre LEROUX 3 November 1772 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1723 Birth
7 November 1723
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1747 Marriage / Partner
Agathe-Catherine LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT and François SALOIS 9 October 1747, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 23 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe SALOIS was born 31 August 1749, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Catherine was 25 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.

1771 Marriage of Child
Joseph SALOIS married 28 October 1771 , Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Josephte MICHEL dite TAILLON

1772 Marriage of Child
Marie-Agathe SALOIS married 3 November 1772, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Pierre LEROUX

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)

1785 Death of Spouse/Partner
François SALOIS died 29 August 1785, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1786 Death of Child
Marie-Agathe SALOIS died 18 October 1786, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe-Catherine was 62 years old.

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)

1803 Death
17 May 1803
Yamaska, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 79.

Added: 3/6/2016 3:58:28 PM - Updated: 6/1/2025 6:56:03 PM