Marie-Thérèse REGNIER dite BRION (BRIGNON)

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17 December 1762 , Chambly, Canada

Died

9 April 1794 , Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste REGNIER dit BRION Therese DESROCHES

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Born: 17 December 1762 in Chambly, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste REGNIER dit BRION

Mother: Therese DESROCHES

Paternal grandparents: Jean REGNIER , Marie-Françoise MONET

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESROCHES , Marie-Catherine BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

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Marie-Thérèse married Pierre PARENT 18 July 1785 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre PARENT was born abt. 1762 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pierre died 7 February 1828 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Pierre was the child of Louis PARENT and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES.

Marie-Thérèse REGNIER dite BRION (BRIGNON) died 9 April 1794 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, 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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Pierre PARENT
Marriage date: 18 July 1785
Marriage place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre PARENT was the child of Louis PARENT and Marie-Amable LAPORTE dite ST-GEORGES

Children of Pierre PARENT and Marie-Thérèse REGNIER dite BRION (BRIGNON)

Marie-Desanges PARENT

Born: 28 January 1789, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean LECLERC 8 August 1809 Place: Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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Birth — 1762
17 December 1762
Chambly, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse REGNIER dite BRION (BRIGNON) and Pierre PARENT 18 July 1785, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

She was 22 years old.

1789 Birth of Child
Marie-Desanges PARENT was born 28 January 1789, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Marie-Thérèse was 26 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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