Mathieu
FONTAINE dit BIENVENU
(b.
16 August 1774
,
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
19 December 1836
,
Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
)
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Mathieu FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 16 August 1774 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Mathieu FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was the child of Jean-Baptiste FONTAINE and Marie-Anne-Josephte TETREAULT dite DUCHARME and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel FONTAINE and Marie-Anne GODU (maternal) Joseph TETREAULT dit DUCHARME and Charlotte GUERTINMathieu FONTAINE dit BIENVENU died 19 December 1836 in Saint-Jude, Lower Canada.
m. Morisset Marie-Louise
m. Plante Catherine
Details of the family tree of Mathieu appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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1774 Birth 16 August 1774
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
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)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England
1836 Death 19 December 1836
Saint-Jude, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 62.
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