Marie-Anne FONTAINE dite BIOT

Born

4 September 1707 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Died

22 September 1783 , Saint-Henri, Province of Québec, Canada

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Étienne FONTAINE Anne MINEAU

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Marie-Anne FONTAINE dite BIOT was born 4 September 1707 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne FONTAINE dite BIOT was the child of Étienne FONTAINE and Anne MINEAU

and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE (maternal) René MINEAU and Jeanne DUFRESNE

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Marie-Anne married Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD abt. 1733 in Québec Province, Canada . Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was born 22 May 1684 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Charles died 13 April 1750 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada. Charles was the child of Philippe PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Martine CROSNIER.

Marie-Anne FONTAINE dite BIOT died 22 September 1783 in Saint-Henri, 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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Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD-- Date: abt. 1733 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD was the child of Philippe PICARD dit DESTROISMAISONS and Martine CROSNIER

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1707 Birth
4 September 1707
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1750 Death of Spouse/Partner
Charles DESTROISMAISONS dit PICARD died 13 April 1750, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

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.