Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

Born

24 January 1750 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

26 June 1817 , Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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François-Régis MARQUET dit PÉRIGORD Thérèse GARNIER (GRENIER)

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Born: 24 January 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: François-Régis MARQUET dit PÉRIGORD

Mother: Thérèse GARNIER (GRENIER)

Paternal grandparents: François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD , Marie-Louise GALARNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Isaac-Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) , Marie HOUDE

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Claire married Joseph PROULX 30 January 1775 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph PROULX was born 13 March 1754 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Joseph died 27 January 1826 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Joseph was the child of Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD.

Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD died 26 June 1817 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, 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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Spouse & Children of Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

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Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD married

Joseph PROULX
Marriage date: 30 January 1775
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Joseph PROULX was the child of Joseph PROULX and Marie-Angélique ALLARD

Children of Joseph PROULX and Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD

Jean-Baptiste PROULX

Born: 19 February 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 25 February 1868, Yamaska, Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Agathe GENEREUX 16 January 1821 Place: Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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Birth — 1750
24 January 1750
Trois-Rivières, 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.

1775 Marriage / Partner
Claire MARQUET dite PÉRIGORD and Joseph PROULX 30 January 1775, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

She was 25 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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1790 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PROULX was born 19 February 1790, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

Claire was 40 years old.

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

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

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