Claire VACHER dite LACERTE

(b. 12 August 1739 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France* d. 30 June 1812 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

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Claire VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 August 1739 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*

Claire VACHER dite LACERTE was the child of Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT (maternal) François DUPUIS dit JOLICOEUR and Marguerite BANLIAC dite LAMONTAGNE

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Claire married Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT 7 August 1758 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT was born 4 May 1734 in Bordeaux, France. Antoine died 25 February 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers).

Claire VACHER dite LACERTE died 30 June 1812 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* .

m. Biberon Antoine

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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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Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT-- Date: 7 August 1758 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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1739 Birth
12 August 1739
Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France*

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Claire VACHER dite LACERTE and Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT 7 August 1758, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 19 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.