Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

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14 June 1641 , Rouen, France

Died

3 July 1712 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Age: 60

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Born: 14 June 1641 in Rouen, France

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Jacques was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Jacques married Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS 9 October 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 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 .

son of Sébastien Têtu and Marguerite Lethuillier-Moulin

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Recorded occupation: Carignan-Salières soldier - La Fouille Company

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)

Spouse & Children of Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

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Jacques TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) married

Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS
Marriage date: 9 October 1675
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Marguerite BEAUVAIS was the child of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

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

Jacques Tetu and Marguerite Beauvais

So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

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

Pierre TESTU dit LARIVIERE

Born: 21 September 1676, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: , , Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 9 August 1677, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 14 March 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite TETU (TESTU)

Born: 22 October 1679 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 7 June 1699, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE 7 June 1698 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 22 February 1682, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 17 April 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU)

Born: 13 November 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 8 June 1736, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre SURPRENANT dit SANSOUCY 27 November 1702 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Claude TESTU

Born: 2 May 1687, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 1 September 1700 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Catherine TESTU

Born: 11 December 1689 , La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 30 May 1765, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre DENIGER dit SANSOUCY 04 November 1705 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Married: Jean BABEU 20 June 1735 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie TESTU

Born: 16 December 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 4 February 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jeanne TESTU (TETU)

Born: 5 June 1694, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Jacques TESTU

Born: 4 March 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 24 May 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marie TETU (TESTU)

Born: 27 January 1697, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 25 February 1728, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: René LONGTIN dit JÉRÔME 9 January 1718 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Joseph TESTU dit RIVIERE

Born: 7 May 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 6 June 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Marguerite TESTU dite LARIVIERE

Born: 6 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France
Died: 17 March 1704, La Prairie, Canada, New France

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Birth — 1641
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.

1677 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 9 August 1677, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 36 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

1682 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) was born 22 February 1682, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 40 years old.

1684 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste TESTU dit LARIVIERE (TETU) died 14 March 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 42 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) 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.

1695 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte TESTU dite LARIVIERE (TETU) died 17 April 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.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie TETU (TESTU) was born 27 January 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jacques was 55 years old.

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

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 (TETU) 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