Marie-Josephte
PION dite LAFONTAINE
Born
28 May 1718
,
Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Died
24 July 1781
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
Parents & Family of Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE
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Born: 28 May 1718 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Father:
Maurice PION dit LAFONTAINE
Mother:
Marie-Thérèse CHICOINE
Paternal grandparents:
Nicolas PION dit LAFONTAINE
, Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT)
Maternal grandparents:
Pierre CHICOINE
, Madeleine CHRETIEN
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Josephte married Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD 16 January 1736 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was born abt. 1716 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Jean-Baptiste died 8 July 1750 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste was the child of François-Alexandre JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marie-Madeleine PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS.
Marie-Josephte married (2) Louis-Augustin COTE 8 November 1751 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Louis-Augustin COTE was born 24 August 1723 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Louis-Augustin died 1 December 1811 in Saint-Louis de Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Bonsecours). Louis-Augustin was the child of Joseph CÔTÉ and Marie-Anne LAMBERT.
Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE died 24 July 1781 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Josephte appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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 Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE
Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE married 
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD
Marriage date: 16 January 1736
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was the child of François-Alexandre JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marie-Madeleine PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARDMarriage date: 16 January 1736
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was the child of François-Alexandre JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marie-Madeleine PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS
Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Saint-Francois-Xavier-de-Vercheres, QC, Canada
J. Bte Jared-Beaugrand and M. Joset Pion Lafontaine
Children of Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD and Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE
François-Marie JARRET dit BEAUREGARD Josephte JARRET dite BEAUREGARDBorn: 31 December 1739 , Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Pierre BLANCHARD dit TURENNE 28 October 1765 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARDBorn: 17 January 1742, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 20 February 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: 20 February 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARDBorn: 13 November 1743, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 2 January 1773, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 January 1773, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER 21 February 1771 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARDBorn: 23 October 1745 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1806 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 27 November 1806 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Marie-Louise LANGUIRAND 3 February 1777 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Married: Marie-Anne DESLANDES 26 September 1796 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)
Antoine JARRET dit BEAUREGARDBorn: 3 May 1747, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1819, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 27 November 1819, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Marguerite BÉRARD 1 August 1774 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Marguerite JARRET dite BEAUREGARDBorn: 20 February 1749, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1749, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1749, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE married Louis-Augustin COTE
Marriage date: 8 November 1751
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Louis-Augustin COTE was the child of Joseph CÔTÉ and Marie-Anne LAMBERT
Louis-Augustin COTEMarriage date: 8 November 1751
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
Louis-Augustin COTE was the child of Joseph CÔTÉ and Marie-Anne LAMBERT
Children of Louis-Augustin COTE and Marie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE
Louis COTEBorn: 12 December 1752, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 15 March 1817, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 15 March 1817, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Elisabeth TETREAULT dite DUCHARME 27 January 1778 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Marie-Geneviève COTEBorn: 3 November 1754 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 22 April 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 22 April 1832, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Thomas FLIBOTTE (PHILIBOT) 13 January 1777 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Augustin-Francois COTEBorn: 20 April 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 31 May 1824, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: 31 May 1824, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Married: Josephte BÉRARD 7 February 1780 Place: Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)
Marie-Angélique COTEBorn: 6 October 1759 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 25 August 1799, Chambly, Lower Canada
Died: 25 August 1799, Chambly, Lower Canada
Married: Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel LEVREAU 27 January 1778 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)
Marie-Anne COTEBorn: 13 October 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: 15 October 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: 15 October 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
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Birth — 171828 May 1718
Contrecœur, Canada, New France
1718 Baptism Sainte-Trinite-de-Contrecoeur, Contrecoeur, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1736 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE and Jean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD 16 January 1736, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
She was 17 years old.
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1736 marriage (part 1)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
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1736 marriage (part 2)
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1737 Birth of ChildFrançois-Marie JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was born 26 March 1737, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Marie-Josephte was 18 years old.
1739 Birth of ChildJosephte JARRET dite BEAUREGARD was born 31 December 1739 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Marie-Josephte was 21 years old.
1742 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD was born 17 January 1742, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Marie-Josephte was 23 years old.
1743 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was born 13 November 1743, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Marie-Josephte was 25 years old.
1745 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was born 23 October 1745 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 27 years old.
1747 Birth of ChildAntoine JARRET dit BEAUREGARD was born 3 May 1747, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 28 years old.
1749 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite JARRET dite BEAUREGARD was born 20 February 1749, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 30 years old.
1750 Death of Spouse/PartnerJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD died 8 July 1750, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
1751 Marriage / PartnerMarie-Josephte PION dite LAFONTAINE and Louis-Augustin COTE 8 November 1751 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
She was 33 years old.
1752 Birth of ChildLouis COTE was born 12 December 1752, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 34 years old.
1754 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève COTE was born 3 November 1754 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 36 years old.
1757 Birth of ChildAugustin-Francois COTE was born 20 April 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 38 years old.
1759 Birth of ChildMarie-Angélique COTE was born 6 October 1759 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 41 years old.
1760 Death of ChildMarie-Madeleine JARRET dite BEAUREGARD died 20 February 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 41 years old.
1762 Birth of ChildMarie-Anne COTE was born 13 October 1762, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 44 years old.
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.1765 Marriage of ChildJosephte JARRET dite BEAUREGARD married 28 October 1765 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Pierre BLANCHARD dit TURENNE
1771 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD married 21 February 1771 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madeleine COUTURIER
1773 Death of ChildJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD died 2 January 1773, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephte was 54 years old.
1774 Marriage of ChildAntoine JARRET dit BEAUREGARD married 1 August 1774, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marguerite BÉRARD
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.1777 Marriage of ChildMarie-Geneviève COTE married 13 January 1777 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Thomas FLIBOTTE (PHILIBOT)
1777 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste JARRET dit BEAUREGARD married 3 February 1777, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Louise LANGUIRAND
1778 Marriage of ChildLouis COTE married 27 January 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Elisabeth TETREAULT dite DUCHARME
1778 Marriage of ChildMarie-Angélique COTE married 27 January 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel LEVREAU
1780 Marriage of ChildAugustin-Francois COTE married 7 February 1780, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Josephte BÉRARD
Death — 178124 July 1781
Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada
She died at the age of 63.
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