Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

(b. 14 June 1641 , Rouen, France d. 3 July 1712 , La Prairie, Canada, New France )
Age: 60

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Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 14 June 1641 in Rouen, France

Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) was the child of ? and ?

Jacques was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS 9 October 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 11 children. Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS was born 30 August 1658 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Marguerite died 28 June 1715 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE).

Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) died 3 July 1712 in La Prairie, Canada, New France .

Occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier - La Fouille Company

son of Sébastien Têtu and Marguerite Lethuillier-Moulin

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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)

Family and Children of Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

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Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) married

Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS-- Date: 9 October 1675 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS was the child of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Jacques Tetu and Marguerite Beauvais

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Children of Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) and Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS:

Pierre TESTU dit LARIVIERE (b.21 September 1676, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )

Marguerite TETU (TESTU) (b.22 October 1679 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 7 June 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE 7 June 1698 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (b.13 November 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 8 June 1736, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY 27 November 1702 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Claude TESTU (b.2 May 1687, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 1 September 1700 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

Catherine TESTU (b.11 December 1689 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1765, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre DENIGER dit SANSOUCY 04 November 1705 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)
m. Jean BABEU 20 June 1735 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie TESTU (b.16 December 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 4 February 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France )

Jeanne TESTU (TETU) (b.5 June 1694, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )

Jacques TESTU (b.4 March 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France )

Marie TETU (TESTU) (b.27 January 1698, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. abt. 1721, )
m. René LONGTIN dit JÉRÔME 9 January 1718 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph TESTU dit RIVIERE (b.7 May 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France )

Marguerite TESTU dite LARIVIERE (b.6 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France )

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1641 Birth
14 June 1641
Rouen, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1675 Marriage / Partner
Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) and Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS 9 October 1675, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 34 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Pierre TESTU dit LARIVIERE was born 21 September 1676, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 35 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) was born 22 October 1679 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 38 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine
Jacques Testu, 38
Marguerite Beauvais, sa femme, 25

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE was born 13 November 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 43 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Claude TESTU was born 2 May 1687, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 45 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Catherine TESTU was born 11 December 1689 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 48 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marie TESTU was born 16 December 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 50 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Jeanne TESTU (TETU) was born 5 June 1694, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 53 years old.

1695 Death of Child
Marie TESTU died 4 February 1695, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 53 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Jacques TESTU was born 4 March 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 54 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marie TETU (TESTU) was born 27 January 1698, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 56 years old.

1698 Marriage of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) married 7 June 1698 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE

1699 Death of Child
Marguerite TETU (TESTU) died 7 June 1699, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 58 years old.

1700 Birth of Child
Joseph TESTU dit RIVIERE was born 7 May 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 58 years old.

1700 Death of Child
Claude TESTU died 1 September 1700 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jacques was 59 years old.

1702 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE married 27 November 1702, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY

1704 Birth of Child
Marguerite TESTU dite LARIVIERE was born 6 March 1704, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 62 years old.

1705 Marriage of Child
Catherine TESTU married 04 November 1705 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Pierre DENIGER dit SANSOUCY