Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE

Born

9 September 1687 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

12 December 1739 , La-Pérade, Canada, New France

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Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS)Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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Born: 9 September 1687 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Paul DESMARAIS dit MARET (MARAIS)

Mother: Marie-Thérèse TETREAU (TETREAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Louis TETREAU (TETREAULT) , Marie-Noëlle-Nathalie LANDEAU

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Paul married Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE 23 April 1715 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was born 15 February 1694 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Marguerite died 5 May 1766 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME.

Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE died 12 December 1739 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France .
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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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Spouse & Children of Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE

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Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE married

Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE
Marriage date: 23 April 1715
Marriage place: Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was the child of Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME

Marriage notes:

Ste-Trinite

Cannot find marriage record in Drouin Collection -- records are sparse and in rough shape. The years 1712-1717 are missing.

PRDH indicates that Paul Desmarais and Marguerite Fontaine were married in Contrecoeur in 1715.

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Children of Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE

Pierre-Paul DESMARAIS

Born: 8 February 1716, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 1 October 1783, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Elisabeth LEDUC 18 July 1740 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marguerite DESMARAIS

Born: 28 October 1717, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 23 October 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Thérèse DESMARAIS

Born: 17 August 1719, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 24 November 1785, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Louis LANGEVIN 19 November 1736 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: André CHAGNON 18 October 1751 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marie-Anne DESMARAIS

Born: 12 June 1721, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 4 October 1771, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre-Basile FOISY 17 February 1744 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Married: Jacques CHARPENTIER 7 January 1754 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Madeleine DESMARAIS

Born: 1 April 1723, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 13 January 1812, Varennes, Lower Canada

Married: François BANLIER dit LAPERLE 2 October 1741 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

François-Marie DESMARAIS

Born: 14 August 1725, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 1 January 1726, Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS

Born: 14 March 1727, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 28 June 1727, Verchères, Canada, New France

Augustin DESMARAIS

Born: 3 August 1728, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 21 July 1797, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Marguerite BANLIER dite LAPERLE 8 June 1750 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Joseph-Abraham DESMARAIS

Born: 16 September 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 10 September 1820, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

Married: Elisabeth-Isabelle LUSSIER 12 July 1751 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Marguerite DESMARAIS

Born: 29 March 1731, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 25 April 1733, Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS

Born: 9 September 1732, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 28 March 1733, Verchères, Canada, New France

Marie-Charlotte DESMARAIS

Born: 17 November 1736, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 3 October 1737, Verchères, Canada, New France

Michel DESMARAIS

Born: 29 May 1738, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 9 March 1810, Verchères, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte BROSSEAU dite LAFLEUR 30 January 1758 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

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Birth — 1687
9 September 1687
Montréal, Canada, New France

1687 Baptism
Notre-Dame-de-Montreal

Paul Desmarets 9 Sept 1687
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE - Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis

Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 189

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

1715 Marriage / Partner
Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE and Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE 23 April 1715, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

He was 27 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Pierre-Paul DESMARAIS was born 8 February 1716, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Paul was 28 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS was born 28 October 1717, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Paul was 30 years old.

1719 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse DESMARAIS was born 17 August 1719, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Paul was 31 years old.

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

1721 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne DESMARAIS was born 12 June 1721, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Paul was 33 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Madeleine DESMARAIS was born 1 April 1723, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Paul was 35 years old.

1725 Birth of Child
François-Marie DESMARAIS was born 14 August 1725, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 37 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS was born 14 March 1727, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 39 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Augustin DESMARAIS was born 3 August 1728, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 40 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Joseph-Abraham DESMARAIS was born 16 September 1729, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 42 years old.

1729 Death of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS died 23 October 1729, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 42 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS was born 29 March 1731, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 43 years old.

1732 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS was born 9 September 1732, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 45 years old.

1733 Death of Child
Marie-Catherine DESMARAIS died 28 March 1733, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 45 years old.

1733 Death of Child
Marguerite DESMARAIS died 25 April 1733, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 45 years old.

1736 Birth of Child
Marie-Charlotte DESMARAIS was born 17 November 1736, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 49 years old.

1736 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse DESMARAIS married 19 November 1736, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Louis LANGEVIN

1737 Death of Child
Marie-Charlotte DESMARAIS died 3 October 1737, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 50 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Michel DESMARAIS was born 29 May 1738, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Paul was 50 years old.

1739 Death
Paul Desmarets de Vercheres
age 60 years
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade