Marie-Thérèse LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN

(b. 13 February 1747 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1781 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Thérèse LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was born 13 February 1747 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN was the child of François LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Thérèse MAGEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LAPERCHE dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Françoise EMERY dite CODERRE (maternal) Pierre MAGEAU (MAJEAU) and Jeanne PARÉ

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Marie-Thérèse married Amable DUFAULT 30 July 1764 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada . Amable DUFAULT was born 20 August 1743 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Amable was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Françoise-Elisabeth BRIEN dite DESROCHES.

Marie-Thérèse LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN died 25 May 1781 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, 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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Amable DUFAULT-- Date: 30 July 1764 Place: L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Amable DUFAULT was the child of Louis DUFAULT and Françoise-Elisabeth BRIEN dite DESROCHES

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1747 Birth
13 February 1747
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse LAPERCHE dite ST-JEAN and Amable DUFAULT 30 July 1764, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 17 years old.

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.