Ancestor is complete! immigrant - Canada to US  female ancestor  Marie Marguerite "Margaret"  SURPRENANT

  (b. 21 July 1813 La Prairie, Lower Canada   d. 18 December 1889 Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT was born 21 July 1813 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT was the child of Pierre SURPRENANT   and   Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY and Marie-Anne ROBERT (maternal)  Gabriel GERVAIS and Marie-Anne-Amable BABEU

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1856.

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

Marie Marguerite "Margaret"  married  Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT 12 January 1836 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .  The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT  was born 24 July 1803 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre).  Pierre "Peter" died 8 January 1871 Pierre "Peter" was the child of Pierre THÉRIAULT and Madeleine-Rosalie NADEAU.

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT died 18 December 1889 in Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA .





Came from St. Bernard, Lacolle, Canada to Southbridge, Massachusetts in 1855. Source: Repetoire of Marriages, Southbridge, Massachusetts


Surprenant Name Meaning
French Canadian: altered form under the influence of the French vocabulary word surprenant ‘surprising’ of French Supernant a topographic name denoting a dwelling above a valley or stream (from Latin super above + Gaulish nant ‘valley stream’). Compare Supernaw Suprenant and Surprise.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Suprenant, Current, Prenatt, Sargent, Surgeon, Soprano, Present


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Did You Know? 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.

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