Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Born

12 January 1705 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

12 September 1787 , Isle-aux-Coudres, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE Marguerite BENOIT

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Born: 12 January 1705 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE

Mother: Marguerite BENOIT

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST , Marie-Anne GUÉDON

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Marie-Françoise married Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE 9 June 1732 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE was born 12 January 1710 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Pierre was the child of Bonaventure COMPAIN dit L’ESPÉRANCE and Catherine BADAILLAC.

Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE died 12 September 1787 in Isle-aux-Coudres, 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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Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE married

Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE
Marriage date: 9 June 1732
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE was the child of Bonaventure COMPAIN dit L’ESPÉRANCE and Catherine BADAILLAC

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Children of Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE

Pierre-Joseph COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE

Born: 11 April 1740, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1806, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Genevieve ARSENAULT 27 July 1766 Place: Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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Birth — 1705
12 January 1705
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

'Francoise, born in 1705, married Pierre Compain dit Lesperance, yet another Montreal wigmaker.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 251

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise VACHER dite LACERTE and Pierre COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE 9 June 1732, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 27 years old.

1740 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joseph COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE was born 11 April 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Françoise was 35 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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Joseph COMPAIN dit LESPÉRANCE married 27 July 1766, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Genevieve ARSENAULT

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.