Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 3 September 1723 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 9 January 1785 , Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was born 3 September 1723 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Etienne LESIEGE and Marie-Françoise BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LESIEGE and Marguerite DE LAPLACE (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERC

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Pierre married Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME 13 June 1757 in Berthierville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME was born 1 October 1727 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Francoise died 19 August 1788 in Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine). Marie-Francoise was the child of Joseph-Pierre HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marguerite PIETTE (PIET).

Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE died 9 January 1785 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, 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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Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE married

Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME-- Date: 13 June 1757 Place: Berthierville, Canada, New France
Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME was the child of Joseph-Pierre HÉNAULT dit DELORME and Marguerite PIETTE (PIET)

Children of Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME:

Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE (b.14 September 1759, Lavaltrie, Canada, New France d. , )

Louis LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Jean-Baptiste LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1723 Birth
3 September 1723
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Francoise HÉNAULT dite DELORME 13 June 1757, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 33 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Pierre LESIEGE dit LAFONTAINE was born 14 September 1759, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

Pierre was 36 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.

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.