Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Born

16 March 1741 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Died

28 October 1811 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Thérèse married Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD 5 February 1759 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD was born 8 November 1731 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Alexis was the child of François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD and Marie-Louise GALARNEAU .

Parents & Family of Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Parents of Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Father

Charles-François BERNARD dit FONTAINE

Mother

Charlotte BERTHELOT

Grandparents of Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Jacques BERTHELOT Marguerite PARENTEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD married

Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD
Marriage date: 5 February 1759
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD was the child of François MARQUET CHEVALIER PÉRIGORD and Marie-Louise GALARNEAU

Children of Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD and Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD

Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD

Born: 8 February 1761, Trois-Rivières, Canada
Died: 2 March 1840, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Pierre GLINEL (DINELLE) 11 January 1779 Place: Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Thérèse's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1741
16 March 1741
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse LAFONTAINE dite BERNARD and Alexis MARQUET dit PERIGORD 5 February 1759, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 17 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD was born 8 February 1761, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Thérèse was 19 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.

1779 Marriage of Child
Agathe MARQUET dite PERIGORD married 11 January 1779, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada to Pierre GLINEL (DINELLE)

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)