Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN

(b. 9 December 1704 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 15 February 1778 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was born 9 December 1704 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was the child of Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Madeleine RIVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne LAFOND dit PEPIN and Marie BOUCHER (maternal) Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERE

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Pierre married Marie-Catherine TROTTIER 6 August 1736 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Catherine TROTTIER was born 1 April 1714 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Catherine died 15 May 1758 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Catherine was the child of Augustin TROTTIER and Angélique-Marie LEFEBVRE.

Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN died 15 February 1778 in Batiscan, 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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Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN married

Marie-Catherine TROTTIER-- Date: 6 August 1736 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Marie-Catherine TROTTIER was the child of Augustin TROTTIER and Angélique-Marie LEFEBVRE

Children of Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER:

Pierre-Joseph LAFOND dit MONGRAIN (b.7 May 1737, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Ange-Anne VEZINA 29 October 1758 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Joseph-Augustin LAFOND dit MONGRAIN (b.abt. 1739, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Catherine LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (b.9 June 1741, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 19 February 1809, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Regis-Francois LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS 5 March 1764 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Madeleine LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (b.abt. 1743, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (b.26 January 1744, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1827, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Louis-Michel HURTEAU 28 January 1765 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (b.4 October 1746, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1825, Batiscan, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS 10 October 1767 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Josephte LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (b.29 October 1753, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Michel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS 24 June 1781 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)

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1704 Birth
9 December 1704
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER 6 August 1736 , Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 31 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joseph LAFOND dit MONGRAIN was born 7 May 1737, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre was 32 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Catherine LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was born 9 June 1741, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre was 36 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was born 26 January 1744, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was born 4 October 1746, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre was 41 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Josephte LAFOND dite MONGRAIN was born 29 October 1753, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre was 48 years old.

1758 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Catherine TROTTIER died 15 May 1758, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1758 Marriage of Child
Pierre-Joseph LAFOND dit MONGRAIN married 29 October 1758, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marie-Ange-Anne VEZINA

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Catherine LAFOND dite MONGRAIN married 5 March 1764, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Regis-Francois LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS

1765 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN married 28 January 1765, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Louis-Michel HURTEAU

1767 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Barbe LAFOND dite MONGRAIN married 10 October 1767, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Antoine LEFEBVRE dit DESPINS

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.