Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU

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18 February 1755 , Varennes, Canada, New France

Died

13 September 1806 , Verchères, Lower Canada

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Augustin FONTAINE Marie-Louise GUILLET

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Born: 18 February 1755 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Father: Augustin FONTAINE

Mother: Marie-Louise GUILLET

Paternal grandparents: Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE , Marguerite GENTES

Maternal grandparents: Louis GUILLET , Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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Augustin married Josephte GERVAIS 30 June 1778 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . Josephte GERVAIS was born 4 August 1738 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Josephte died 6 October 1792 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Josephte was the child of Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT.

Augustin married (2) Marie-Louise CHALUT 15 July 1793 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Marie-Louise CHALUT was born 13 March 1765 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Louise died 8 August 1848 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Louise was the child of Michel CHALUT and Marie-Anne JARRET dite BEAUREGARD.

Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 13 September 1806 in Verchères, Lower Canada .

m. Chalut Marie-Louise
m. Gervais Josephte

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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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Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU married

Josephte GERVAIS
Marriage date: 30 June 1778
Marriage place: Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Josephte GERVAIS was the child of Nicolas GERVAIS and Marie-Françoise ARCHAMBAULT

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Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU married

Marie-Louise CHALUT
Marriage date: 15 July 1793
Marriage place: Verchères, Lower Canada
Marie-Louise CHALUT was the child of Michel CHALUT and Marie-Anne JARRET dite BEAUREGARD

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Birth — 1755
18 February 1755
Varennes, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Josephte GERVAIS 30 June 1778 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 23 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1792 Death of Spouse/Partner
Josephte GERVAIS died 6 October 1792, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Marriage / Partner
Augustin FONTAINE dit BIENVENU and Marie-Louise CHALUT 15 July 1793, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

He was 38 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

Death — 1806
13 September 1806
Verchères, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 51.

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