Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

(b. abt. 1720 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 December 1800 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

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Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada

Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE was the child of Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Claire BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERC

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Françoise married Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET 26 April 1740 in Louiseville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was born 10 June 1714 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Jean Baptiste was the child of Louis GASTINEAU (GATINEAU) dit DUPLESSIS and Jeanne LEMOYNE (LEMOINE).

Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE died 12 December 1800 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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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Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE married

Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET-- Date: 26 April 1740 Place: Louiseville, Canada, New France
Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was the child of Louis GASTINEAU (GATINEAU) dit DUPLESSIS and Jeanne LEMOYNE (LEMOINE)

Children of Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET and Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE:

Marie-Amable DUPLESSIS (b.30 November 1742, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 24 October 1768, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Michel-Hippolyte JOYAL 4 November 1765 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Jean-Baptiste DUPLESSIS (b.abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Josephte TURCOT 26 February 1781 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET (b.1 May 1745, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 7 October 1833, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE 10 January 1774 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Josette PORTELANCE 21 April 1806 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Louise DUPLESSIS (b.14 September 1746, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 11 May 1793, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE 7 February 1781 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS (b.23 June 1760, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada* d. 4 April 1852, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East* )
m. Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE 26 January 1786 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

Isidore DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET (b.25 February 1763, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada* d. 15 May 1849, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada East* )
m. Emilie ROUETTE 28 February 1791 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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1740 Marriage / Partner
Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE and Jean Baptiste DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET 26 April 1740, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1742 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable DUPLESSIS was born 30 November 1742, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1745 Birth of Child
Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was born 1 May 1745, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1746 Birth of Child
Louise DUPLESSIS was born 14 September 1746, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

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

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS was born 23 June 1760, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

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
Isidore DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET was born 25 February 1763, Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac)

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable DUPLESSIS married 4 November 1765, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Michel-Hippolyte JOYAL

1768 Death of Child
Marie-Amable DUPLESSIS died 24 October 1768, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

1774 Marriage of Child
Charles DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET married 10 January 1774 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Josephe PRECOURT dite VANASSE

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Louise DUPLESSIS married 7 February 1781 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac) to Charles DUBOIS dit LAFRANCE

1781 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste DUPLESSIS married 26 February 1781, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Josephte TURCOT

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1786 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe DUPLESSIS married 26 January 1786 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac) to Pierre-Joseph ROUETTE

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Isidore DUPLESSIS dit LENOBLET married 28 February 1791 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Emilie ROUETTE

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

1793 Death of Child
Louise DUPLESSIS died 11 May 1793, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1800 Death
12 December 1800
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada*

Added: 9/6/2008 12:00:00 AM - Updated: 4/22/2014 1:01:20 PM