Pierre
FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE
Born
26 February 1668
,
Notre-Dame-de-la-Recouvrance, Orleans, France
Died
17 March 1738
,
Varennes, Canada, New France
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Born: 26 February 1668 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Recouvrance, Orleans, France
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Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1687.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME 13 April 1692 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME was born abt. 1659 in St. Nicholas des Champs, Paris, France. Marie-Marguerite died 4 October 1699 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes).
Pierre married (2) Marguerite GENTES 25 May 1700 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marguerite GENTES was born 8 February 1682 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Marguerite died 12 January 1763 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marguerite was the child of Étienne GENTES and Catherine MESSIER dite ST-MICHEL.
Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE died 17 March 1738 in Varennes, Canada, New France .
Son of Jacques FONTAINE and Claudine GIRON
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Recorded occupation: Soldat pour la cie de Capitaine Saint-Cirq
The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France
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 Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE
Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE married 
Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME
Marriage date: 13 April 1692
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME
Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUMEMarriage date: 13 April 1692
Marriage place: Verchères, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUMEMarriage notes:
According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed between Pierre Fontaine Bienvenu and Marguerite Antiome at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1692.
Children of Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME
Marie-Thérèse FONTAINEBorn: 28 June 1693, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 30 April 1767, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 30 April 1767, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: René MONTEIL dit SANSRÉMISSION 25 March 1719 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Married: Guillaume TRUCHON dit LÉVEILLÉ 16 July 1725 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Marie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUEBorn: 15 February 1694, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 5 May 1766, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 5 May 1766, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE 23 April 1715 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Married: Joseph LEDUC 9 January 1745 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Gabriel FONTAINEBorn: 24 September 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 12 July 1787, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 July 1787, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Anne GODU 10 November 1721 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Married: Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE 23 July 1741 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Jacques FONTAINE dit BIENVENUBorn: 24 September 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 24 September 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 24 September 1699, Varennes, Canada, New France
Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE married Marguerite GENTES
Marriage date: 25 May 1700
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marguerite GENTES
Marguerite GENTES was the child of Étienne GENTES and Catherine MESSIER dite ST-MICHEL
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marguerite GENTESMarriage date: 25 May 1700
Marriage place: Varennes, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marguerite GENTESMarguerite GENTES was the child of Étienne GENTES and Catherine MESSIER dite ST-MICHEL
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Pierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marguerite GENTES
Anne-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUEBorn: 15 February 1701, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 6 October 1781, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 October 1781, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Louis TETREAULT dit DUCHARME 23 February 1721 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Pierre FONTAINEBorn: 11 February 1703 , Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 6 July 1767, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 July 1767, Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Françoise MALARD dite LAVERDURE 4 November 1732 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
François FONTAINEBorn: 4 August 1704, Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 15 March 1729 , Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 15 March 1729 , Verchères, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Angélique DANSEREAU 20 July 1728 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Marie-Madeleine FONTAINEBorn: abt. 1706, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 15 December 1787, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 December 1787, Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Pierre CHAGNON dit LAROSE 7 August 1730 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Pierre FONTAINEBorn: 7 June 1708 , Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Marie-Françoise FONTAINEBorn: 27 July 1710 , Varennes, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite-Catherine FONTAINEBorn: abt. 1712, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 2 August 1764, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 2 August 1764, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: François-Marie BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 20 February 1730 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Paul FONTAINE dit BIENVENUEBorn: 14 July 1714 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Died: 27 December 1788 , Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 27 December 1788 , Contrecœur, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Thérèse DUFAYE 1 August 1740 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Joseph FONTAINEBorn: 14 July 1714 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUEMarried: Gabriel GEOFFRION (JOFFRION) dit ST-JEAN 24 July 1741 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Augustin FONTAINEMarried: Marie-Louise GUILLET 28 July 1743 Place: Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Louis FONTAINEBorn: 8 April 1721 , Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1729, Verchères, Canada, New France
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Birth — 166826 February 1668
Notre-Dame-de-la-Recouvrance, Orleans, France
Biography
FOUNTAINE - from the Latin 'fontana' which means 'from the source'. Nickname given to someone who lived near a fountain, a water source.
Pierre Fontaine, baptized on 29 Feb. 1668 in Orléans, is the son of Jacques and Claude Giron. He married on April 13, 1692 in Verchères Marguerite Anthiaume (Michel and Marie Dubois, from Paris) with whom he had 3 children. On May 25, 1700, he remarried Marguerite Gentès, born in Boucherville on February 8. 1682 by Etienne and Catherine Messier. They have 11 children. Pierre arrived as a corporal in the company of Sieur de Louvigny. He settled in Verchères where Marguerite had land and kept her house in Montreal. He was very active in real estate, lived in the Bouchard Islands, rented a bench in the church of Verchères in 1731 and died in Varennes on March 16, 1738.
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FOUNTAINE - from the Latin 'fontana' which means 'from the source'. Nickname given to someone who lived near a fountain, a water source.
Pierre Fontaine, baptized on 29 Feb. 1668 in Orléans, is the son of Jacques and Claude Giron. He married on April 13, 1692 in Verchères Marguerite Anthiaume (Michel and Marie Dubois, from Paris) with whom he had 3 children. On May 25, 1700, he remarried Marguerite Gentès, born in Boucherville on February 8. 1682 by Etienne and Catherine Messier. They have 11 children. Pierre arrived as a corporal in the company of Sieur de Louvigny. He settled in Verchères where Marguerite had land and kept her house in Montreal. He was very active in real estate, lived in the Bouchard Islands, rented a bench in the church of Verchères in 1731 and died in Varennes on March 16, 1738.
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Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Volume 3
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'à nos jours, Cyprien Tanguay
Publisher E. Senécal, 1887
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Sep 20, 2007
Page 44
1692 Marriage / PartnerPierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME 13 April 1692, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
He was 24 years old.
1693 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse FONTAINE was born 28 June 1693, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Pierre was 25 years old.
1694 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was born 15 February 1694, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 25 years old.
1699 Birth of ChildGabriel FONTAINE was born 24 September 1699, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 31 years old.
1699 Birth of ChildJacques FONTAINE dit BIENVENU was born 24 September 1699, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 31 years old.
1699 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarie-Marguerite ANTHIAUME died 4 October 1699, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
1700 Marriage / PartnerPierre FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE and Marguerite GENTES 25 May 1700, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
He was 32 years old.
1700 Marriage Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Varennes, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1701 Birth of ChildAnne-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE was born 15 February 1701, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 32 years old.
1703 Birth of ChildPierre FONTAINE was born 11 February 1703 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 34 years old.
1704 Birth of ChildFrançois FONTAINE was born 4 August 1704, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 36 years old.
1708 Birth of ChildPierre FONTAINE was born 7 June 1708 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Pierre was 40 years old.
1710 Birth of ChildMarie-Françoise FONTAINE was born 27 July 1710 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 42 years old.
1714 Birth of ChildJoseph FONTAINE was born 14 July 1714 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Pierre was 46 years old.
1714 Birth of ChildPaul FONTAINE dit BIENVENUE was born 14 July 1714 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Pierre was 46 years old.
1715 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE married 23 April 1715, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Paul DESMARAIS dit MARETTE
1718 Birth of ChildAugustin FONTAINE was born 30 July 1718, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)
Pierre was 50 years old.
1719 Marriage of ChildMarie-Thérèse FONTAINE married 25 March 1719, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to René MONTEIL dit SANSRÉMISSION
1721 Marriage of ChildAnne-Marguerite FONTAINE dite BIENVENUE married 23 February 1721, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Louis TETREAULT dit DUCHARME
1721 Birth of ChildLouis FONTAINE was born 8 April 1721 , Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)
Pierre was 53 years old.
1721 Marriage of ChildGabriel FONTAINE married 10 November 1721, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Marie-Anne GODU
1725 Marriage of ChildMarie-Thérèse FONTAINE married 16 July 1725, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Guillaume TRUCHON dit LÉVEILLÉ
1728 Marriage of ChildFrançois FONTAINE married 20 July 1728, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Marie-Angélique DANSEREAU
1729 Death of ChildFrançois FONTAINE died 15 March 1729 , Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Pierre was 61 years old.
1729 Death of ChildMarie-Françoise FONTAINE died 21 April 1729, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Pierre was 61 years old.
1729 Death of ChildLouis FONTAINE died 3 June 1729, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)
Pierre was 61 years old.
1730 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite-Catherine FONTAINE married 20 February 1730, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to François-Marie BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS
1730 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine FONTAINE married 7 August 1730, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres) to Pierre CHAGNON dit LAROSE
1732 Marriage of ChildPierre FONTAINE married 4 November 1732, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil) to Marie-Françoise MALARD dite LAVERDURE
1738 Death - Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death — 173817 March 1738
Varennes, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 70.
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