Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT

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21 July 1813 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

Died

18 December 1889 , Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Pierre SURPRENANT Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

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Born: 21 July 1813 in La Prairie, Lower Canada

Father: Pierre SURPRENANT

Mother: Marie-Madeleine GERVAIS

Paternal grandparents: Antoine SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY , Marie-Anne ROBERT

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel GERVAIS , Marie-Anne-Amable BABEU

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

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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

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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

Surprenant (Gascon - Basque)

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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.

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Spouse & Children of Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT

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Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT married

Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT
Marriage date: 12 January 1836
Marriage place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT was the child of Pierre THÉRIAULT and Madeleine-Rosalie NADEAU

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Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, L'Acadie, Canada

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Children of Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT and Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT

Jeremiah (Jerry) (Jérémie) THÉRIAULT (TERRIOT)

Born: December 1834, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 1 October 1893, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Octavie TREMBLAY 10 October 1854 Place: Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Phebe THERIAULT (THERRIEN)

Born: 25 April 1837, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 21 January 1842, Napierville, Canada East

Rosalie THERIAULT (THERRIEN)

Born: 27 April 1839, Napierville, Lower Canada
Died: 24 August 1850, Lacolle, Canada East

Gilbert THÉRIAULT

Born: 17 July 1841, Napierville, Canada East
Died: abt. 1928, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Olympe Zepherine LAMOUREUX 17 September 1866 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Jules THÉRIAULT

Born: 3 September 1843, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: 4 April 1929, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Valerie Ellen TREMBLAY 18 October 1863 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Julienne THÉRIAULT

Born: 29 August 1846, Saint-Valentin, Canada East
Died: 30 March 1847, Lacolle, Canada East

Joseph THÉRIAULT

Born: 4 September 1848, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: ,

Married: Hermine TREMBLAY 24 August 1868 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie Delima THÉRIAULT

Born: 10 October 1851, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: 26 August 1899, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Louis George Marie LECLAIR 17 April 1872 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Married: Joseph TREMBLAY 15 July 1876 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Married: Pierre PELOQUIN 2 January 1884 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Etienne THERIAULT

Born: 3 May 1854, Lacolle, Canada East
Died: ,

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Birth — 1813
21 July 1813
La Prairie, Lower Canada

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT - 1813 Baptism. St-Phillipe, LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada.

1813 Baptism. St-Phillipe, LaPrairie, Quebec, Canada.

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

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)

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1834 Birth of Child
Jeremiah (Jerry) (Jérémie) THÉRIAULT (TERRIOT) was born December 1834, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 21 years old.

1836 Marriage / Partner
Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT and Pierre "Peter" THÉRIAULT 12 January 1836, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

She was 22 years old.

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT - 1836 Marriage. Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, LAcadia, Canada

1836 Marriage. Ste-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie, L'Acadia, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1837 Birth of Child
Phebe THERIAULT (THERRIEN) was born 25 April 1837, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 23 years old.

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

1839 Birth of Child
Rosalie THERIAULT (THERRIEN) was born 27 April 1839, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 25 years old.

1841 Birth of Child
Gilbert THÉRIAULT was born 17 July 1841, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 28 years old.

1842 Death of Child
Phebe THERIAULT (THERRIEN) died 21 January 1842, Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 28 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)

1843 Birth of Child
Jules THÉRIAULT was born 3 September 1843, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 30 years old.

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

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Birth of Child
Julienne THÉRIAULT was born 29 August 1846, Saint-Valentin, Québec, Canada

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 33 years old.

1847 Death of Child
Julienne THÉRIAULT died 30 March 1847, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 33 years old.

1848 Birth of Child
Joseph THÉRIAULT was born 4 September 1848, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 35 years old.

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

1850 Death of Child
Rosalie THERIAULT (THERRIEN) died 24 August 1850, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 37 years old.

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" SURPRENANT - Pierre Theriault & family

Pierre Theriault & family

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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1851 Birth of Child
Marie Delima THÉRIAULT was born 10 October 1851, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 38 years old.

1854 Birth of Child
Etienne THERIAULT was born 3 May 1854, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle)

Marie Marguerite "Margaret" was 40 years old.

1854 Marriage of Child
Jeremiah (Jerry) (Jérémie) THÉRIAULT (TERRIOT) married 10 October 1854, Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle) to Octavie TREMBLAY

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 Southbridge, MA
Peter Perry or Terry, age 48, day laborer, b. Canada
Margaret, age 48, b. Canada
Gilbert, age 14 or 19, works in factory, b. Canada
Jerry?, age 16, works in factory, b. Canada
Joseph, age 11, works in factory, b. Canada
Emily, age 8, b. Canada
1860 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1863 Marriage of Child
Jules THÉRIAULT married 18 October 1863, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Valerie Ellen TREMBLAY

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1865 Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Peter Thereo, 63, b. Canada, married, laborer
Margaret Thereo, 52, b. Canada, married
Delema Thereo, 13, b. Canada, single
1865 Massachusetts Census
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1866 Marriage of Child
Gilbert THÉRIAULT married 17 September 1866, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Olympe Zepherine LAMOUREUX

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

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

1868 Marriage of Child
Joseph THÉRIAULT married 24 August 1868, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Hermine TREMBLAY

1870 Southbridge, MA
The 1870 US Census shows a Jerry Terrio, age 37, living in Southbridge, MA. He is a fireman. Living with him are: Octavia, 35, keeping house; Margaret, 57, at home; Delia (is this Delima?), 18, works in a cotton mill; Ramie (male), age 14, works in a cotton mill; Eliza, age 13, works in a cotton mill; Henry, age 11, works in a cotton mill; Emery, age 7, at home; Delia, age 3, at home; Maud, age 2, at home; Clifford, age 2/ 12, at home. The younger Delia, Maud and Clifford were born in MA. The rest were born in Canada.
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1872 Marriage of Child
Marie Delima THÉRIAULT married 17 April 1872, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Louis George Marie LECLAIR

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1876 Marriage of Child
Marie Delima THÉRIAULT married 15 July 1876, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Joseph TREMBLAY

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 Foster St., Southbridge, MA
The 1880 US Census shows Jerry Tarreo, widowed, age 47, living on Foster Street in Southbridge, MA. He is a boiler tender. Living with him are: son, Emery, age 18, works in cotton mill; daughter, Delia, age 14, works in cotton mill; son, Clifford, age 10, at school; son, Edmund, age 8, at school; mother, Margaret, age 77, keeping house.

Living next to them are: Augustus Trombley, age 24, works in cotton mill; wife, Delia, age 23, keeping house. Is this Delima? NOTE: All of the family members over the age of 18 cannot read or write.
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

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

1884 Marriage of Child
Marie Delima THÉRIAULT married 2 January 1884, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Pierre PELOQUIN

1889 Death - Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marguerite Therian d. 18 Dec 1889 Southbridge, Massachusetts - wife of Peter, parents listed as Peter and Flavie? Florian? Germain, both born in Canada
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Obituary
'DIED - In Southbridge, Dec 18, Margeret Theriault, aged 78 years.'

The Journal, Southbridge, Massachusetts, Thursday, December 19, 1889