Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY

(b. 3 September 1747 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 1 March 1831 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY was born 3 September 1747 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Marie-Madeleine QUESNEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Bernard BLENIER dit JARRY (BLEIGNER) and Jeanne CHERLOT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste QUESNEL and Marie GOURDON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Louis LANTHIER 1 May 1769 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis LANTHIER was born 9 August 1743 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Louis died 30 April 1832 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Louis was the child of Jacques LANTHIER and Anne-Cunegonde BRISEBOIS dite DUBOIS.

Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY died 1 March 1831 in Vaudreuil, 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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Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY married

Louis LANTHIER-- Date: 1 May 1769 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Louis LANTHIER was the child of Jacques LANTHIER and Anne-Cunegonde BRISEBOIS dite DUBOIS

Children of Louis LANTHIER and Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY:

Marie-Louise LANTHIER (b.20 March 1770, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 August 1853, Montréal, Canada East )
m. Albert KINGSLEY 5 February 1787 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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1747 Birth
3 September 1747
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine BLENIER dite JARRY and Louis LANTHIER 1 May 1769, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

She was 21 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LANTHIER was born 20 March 1770, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

Madeleine was 22 years old.

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.