Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE

(b. 21 February 1733 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1809 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was born 21 February 1733 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE was the child of Antoine VACHER and Marie-Marguerite PELLETIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) François PELLETIER and Anne GUIGNARD (GIGNARD)

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Marie-Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste VACHON 19 February 1753 in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste VACHON was born 15 July 1728 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 17 June 1805 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE.

Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE died 14 December 1809 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE married

Jean-Baptiste VACHON-- Date: 19 February 1753 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste VACHON was the child of Noel VACHON dit DESFOURCHETTES and Marie-Charlotte MARET (MARETTE) dite LEPINE

Children of Jean-Baptiste VACHON and Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE:

Charlotte VACHON (b.2 August 1757, L'Ancienne Lorette, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1830, Saint-Césaire, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE) 27 January 1777 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1733 Birth
21 February 1733
Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite ST-ANTOINE and Jean-Baptiste VACHON 19 February 1753, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

She was 20 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Charlotte VACHON was born 2 August 1757, L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation)

Marie-Marguerite was 24 years old.

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 - 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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Charlotte VACHON married 27 January 1777, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Pierre GOGUET (GOYETTE)

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 Canada

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

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

1805 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste VACHON died 17 June 1805, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

1809 Death
14 December 1809
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 76.

Added: 3/27/2020 9:25:02 AM - Updated: 3/27/2020 9:26:36 AM