Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE

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abt. 1700 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

4 July 1786 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE Marguerite BENOIT

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Born: abt. 1700 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE

Mother: Marguerite BENOIT

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

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Marie-Anne married Martial CHARRON 4 February 1726 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Martial CHARRON was born abt. 1700 in France. Martial died 24 October 1771 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE died 4 July 1786 in Montréal, 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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Martial CHARRON
Marriage date: 4 February 1726
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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'Marie-Anne, married Martial Charon and died in Montreal in 1789.'

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

1726 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne VACHER dite LACERTE and Martial CHARRON 4 February 1726, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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 Death of Spouse/Partner
Martial CHARRON died 24 October 1771, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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.