Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE

Born

30 June 1807 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

14 May 1892 , Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA

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Nicolas THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ Marguerite GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

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Born: 30 June 1807 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Nicolas THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ

Mother: Marguerite GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU)

Paternal grandparents: Paul THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ , Marie Anne LANDRY

Maternal grandparents: Gregoire GUILBAULT (GUILBEAU) , Agathe HUS MILET (MILLET)

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Marie married Pierre BONENFANT 5 July 1825 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 17 children.
Pierre BONENFANT was born 14 October 1802 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre died abt. 1843 in Van Buren, Maine, USA. Pierre was the child of Michel BONENFANT and Marie Anne PELLETIER.

Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE died 14 May 1892 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA .
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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
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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 Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE

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Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE married

Pierre BONENFANT
Marriage date: 5 July 1825
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Pierre BONENFANT was the child of Michel BONENFANT and Marie Anne PELLETIER

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Children of Pierre BONENFANT and Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE

Joseph BONENFANT

Born: 4 May 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 1 January 1850, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Marie-Constance BONENFANT

Born: 12 October 1827, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Catherine BONENFANT

Born: 21 January 1829, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 11 February 1901, Canaan, New Hampshire, USA

Pierre BONENFANT

Born: 15 June 1830, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 30 March 1831, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Henriette BONENFANT

Born: 5 February 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 14 August 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Henriette BONENFANT

Born: 22 February 1833, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 12 May 1897, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Moise BONENFANT

Born: 8 October 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 4 November 1882, Plaistow, New Hampshire, USA

Marguerite BONENFANT

Born: 9 July 1836, Wickham, Drummond, Lower Canada
Died: 7 January 1868, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Married: Isidore LETOURNEAU 22 September 1853 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Elisabeth BONENFANT

Born: 30 May 1838, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Died: 30 April 1903, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Angele BONENFANT

Born: 5 July 1839, Sherbrooke, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Genevieve BONENFANT

Born: 20 August 1841, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: ,

Pierre BONENFANT

Born: abt. 1843, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 February 1896, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Julie BONENFANT

Born: 9 February 1844, Sherbrooke, Canada East
Died: 18 January 1845, Sherbrooke, Canada East

Julia BONENFANT

Born: August 1848, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 3 October 1902, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Albert GOODCHILD

Born: abt. 1851, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 27 January 1888, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Emelie (Mildred) GOODCHILD

Born: abt. 1854, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Died: 12 June 1932, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Adolphe F MASSA 1871 Place: Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Mary J BONENFANT

Born: abt. 1859, , New Hampshire, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1807
30 June 1807
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE and Pierre BONENFANT 5 July 1825, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 18 years old.

Marie THEROUX dite LAFERTE - 1825 marriage

1825 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Joseph BONENFANT was born 4 May 1826, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 18 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Marie-Constance BONENFANT was born 12 October 1827, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 20 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Catherine BONENFANT was born 21 January 1829, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 21 years old.

1830 Birth of Child
Pierre BONENFANT was born 15 June 1830, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 22 years old.

1831 Death of Child
Pierre BONENFANT died 30 March 1831, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 23 years old.

1832 Birth of Child
Henriette BONENFANT was born 5 February 1832, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 24 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Henriette BONENFANT was born 22 February 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 25 years old.

1834 Birth of Child
Moise BONENFANT was born 8 October 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 27 years old.

1836 Birth of Child
Marguerite BONENFANT was born 9 July 1836, Wickham, Drummond, Québec, Canada

Marie was 29 years old.

1838 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BONENFANT was born 30 May 1838, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie was 30 years old.

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1839 Birth of Child
Angele BONENFANT was born 5 July 1839, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie was 32 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Genevieve BONENFANT was born 20 August 1841, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie was 34 years old.

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1844 Birth of Child
Julie BONENFANT was born 9 February 1844, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie was 36 years old.

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 Death of Child
Julie BONENFANT died 18 January 1845, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Marie was 37 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Julia BONENFANT was born August 1848, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Marie was 41 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Death of Child
Joseph BONENFANT died 1 January 1850, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Marie was 42 years old.

1853 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BONENFANT married 22 September 1853, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Isidore LETOURNEAU

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1860 - Merrimack, New Hampshire
Name: Mary Goodchild
Age: 51
Birth Year: abt 1809
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Canada
Home in 1860: Merrimack, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Post Office: South Merrimack
Dwelling Number: 215
Family Number: 212
Occupation: Houseworker
Household Members:
Name Age
Tuffee Demerritt 31
Peter Demerritt 28
Trubley Demerritt 24
Jane Demerritt 17
Mary Goodchild 51
Julia Goodchild 10
Emma Goodchild 6
Albert Goodchild 8
Peter Goodchild 13
Mary J Goodchild 1

1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1868 Death of Child
Marguerite BONENFANT died 7 January 1868, Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada

Marie was 60 years old.

1870 - Clinton, Massachusetts
Name: Mary Goodchild
Age in 1870: 58
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1870: Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Race: White
Gender: Female
Occupation: No Occupation
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Goodchild 58

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - Sterling, Massachusetts
Name: Mary Goodchild
Age: 74
Birth Date: Abt 1806
Birthplace: Canada
Home in 1880: Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dwelling Number: 138
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Canada
Mother's Birthplace: Canada
Occupation: Housework
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Household Members:
Name Age
Adolphe Marsa 38
Emily Marsa 26
Frank A. Marsa 7
Mary J. Marsa 5
Geo. N. Marsa 3
Mary Goodchild 74

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1882 Death of Child
Moise BONENFANT died 4 November 1882, Plaistow, New Hampshire, USA

Marie was 75 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1888 Death of Child
Albert GOODCHILD died 27 January 1888, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Marie was 80 years old.

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

Death — 1892
14 May 1892
Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 84.

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