Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE

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5 June 1762 , Verchères, Canada

Died

5 July 1830 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE Françoise SAVARIA

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Born: 5 June 1762 in Verchères, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste PION dit LAFONTAINE

Mother: Françoise SAVARIA

Paternal grandparents: Jean PION dit LAFONTAINE , Louise-Angélique TÉTREAU (TÉTREAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Joseph SAVARIA , Rosalie JOURDAIN

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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine married Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS 29 September 1779 in Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 20 June 1759 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Madeleine died 13 February 1796 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET.

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE died 5 July 1830 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE married

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS
Marriage date: 29 September 1779
Marriage place: Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS was the child of Louis-Michel DESMARAIS and Marie-Thérèse BOUSQUET

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Thérèse Pion 1780-

Archange-Marie Pion 10 Sep 1785 m. Berthiaume Noel

Jean-Baptiste Pion 1787-

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Birth — 1762
5 June 1762
Verchères, Canada

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.

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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine PION dit LAFONTAINE and Marie-Madeleine DESMARAIS 29 September 1779, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

He was 17 years old.