Joseph-Placide THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ

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11 May 1724 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Died

5 October 1782 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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Antoine-André THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ Marguerite-Marie LAFOREST

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Born: 11 May 1724 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Father: Antoine-André THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ

Mother: Marguerite-Marie LAFOREST

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LAFOREST , Marie-Charlotte GODIN

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Joseph-Placide married Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU 9 February 1750 in Yamaska, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU was born 22 January 1725 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Agathe died 18 October 1790 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Agathe was the child of Pierre-Louis PARENTEAU and Marguerite LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT.

Joseph-Placide THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ died 5 October 1782 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, 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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Joseph-Placide THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ married

Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU
Marriage date: 9 February 1750
Marriage place: Yamaska, Canada, New France
Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU was the child of Pierre-Louis PARENTEAU and Marguerite LAURENT dite ST-LAURENT

Children of Joseph-Placide THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU

Marie THÉROUX

Born: 28 October 1750, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Died: 8 January 1815, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Louis CARTIER 10 February 1777 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Agathe THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ

Born: 4 February 1761, Yamaska, Canada
Died: 16 July 1814, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste NADEAU 16 October 1780 Place: Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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Birth — 1724
11 May 1724
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Placide THÉROUX dit LAFERTÉ and Marie-Agathe PARENTEAU 9 February 1750, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 25 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marie THÉROUX was born 28 October 1750, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Joseph-Placide was 26 years old.

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

1761 Birth of Child
Agathe THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ was born 4 February 1761, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Joseph-Placide was 36 years old.

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.

1777 Marriage of Child
Marie THÉROUX married 10 February 1777, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Louis CARTIER

1780 Marriage of Child
Agathe THÉROUX dite LAFERTÉ married 16 October 1780 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Jean-Baptiste NADEAU