Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

(b. 18 September 1750 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. 7 May 1809 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada )

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Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 18 September 1750 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste TESSIER and Marie-Thérèse FOUCAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite LUSSIER (maternal) Guillaume FOUCAULT (FOUQUEREAU) and Marie-Anne RIVIÈRE (LARIVIÈRE)

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Thérèse married Pierre LECLERC 15 September 1800 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada . Pierre LECLERC was born 17 March 1743 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Pierre died 18 August 1825 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre-Prisque LECLERC and Catherine VAILLANCOURT.

Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE died 7 May 1809 in Saint-Eustache, 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 LECLERC-- Date: 15 September 1800 Place: Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Pierre LECLERC was the child of Pierre-Prisque LECLERC and Catherine VAILLANCOURT

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1750 Birth
18 September 1750
Repentigny, 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.

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.