Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN

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6 January 1647 , Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Died

abt. 1688 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France

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Born: 6 January 1647 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1681.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Madeleine MARTIN 1 February 1681 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Madeleine MARTIN was born 13 September 1640 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Madeleine died 22 February 1688 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Madeleine was the child of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite LANGLOIS.

Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN died abt. 1688 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France .

Son of Jean Fonteneau and Marguerite Salubois

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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 FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN married

Marie-Madeleine MARTIN
Marriage date: 1 February 1681
Marriage place: Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Madeleine MARTIN was the child of Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite LANGLOIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN

Madeleine FONTENEAU

Born: 14 February 1682 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: ,

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Birth — 1647
6 January 1647
Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1681 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Madeleine MARTIN 1 February 1681, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

He was 34 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de La Chenaye
Jean Baptiste Fonteneau, menuisier, 30
Madeleine Martin, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Jacques, 19
Louis, 11
Jean, 9
Guillaume, 7
Jean Baptiste, 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Jean-Baptiste FONTENEAU dit ST-JEAN - 1681 Marriage - Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie

1681 Marriage - Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie

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

1682 Birth of Child
Madeleine FONTENEAU was born 14 February 1682 , Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Jean-Baptiste was 35 years old.

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