Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Born

21 February 1748 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

23 July 1821 , Montréal, Lower Canada

Parents & Family of Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

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Born: 21 February 1748 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Parents of Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Father

Jacques TESSIER

Mother

Josephte BEAUDOIN

Grandparents of Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents

Ignace TESSIER dit LAVIGNE Marguerite LUSSIER

Maternal grandparents

Jean-Baptiste BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) Josephte GLORIA dite DESROCHERS

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Thérèse married Louis GAUTHIER 12 February 1765 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis GAUTHIER was born 25 August 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France . Louis died 17 February 1813 in Montréal, Lower Canada . Louis was the child of Mathurin GAUTHIER and Madeleine PETIT.

Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE died 23 July 1821 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE married

Louis GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 12 February 1765
Marriage place: Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Louis GAUTHIER was the child of Mathurin GAUTHIER and Madeleine PETIT

Children of Louis GAUTHIER and Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Thérèse GAUTHIER

Born: 2 August 1766, Saint-Sulpice, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Antoine TROTTIER 4 February 1788 Place: Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Amable GAUTHIER

Born: abt. 1787, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 30 September 1811, La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Married: Alexis GRANDBOIS 2 May 1808 Place: Montréal, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1748
21 February 1748
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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 / Partner
Thérèse TESSIER dite LAVIGNE and Louis GAUTHIER 12 February 1765, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 16 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Thérèse GAUTHIER was born 2 August 1766, Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 18 years old.

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.