Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR

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15 January 1729 , Repentigny, Canada, New France

Died

16 August 1815 , Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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François PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR Anne-Françoise BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN)

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Born: 15 January 1729 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Father: François PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR

Mother: Anne-Françoise BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN)

Paternal grandparents: Pierre PAYETTE dit ST-AMOUR , Louise TESSIER

Maternal grandparents: François BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) , Anne-Andree GRENET

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Marie-Thérèse married Antoine MASTA 10 October 1746 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Antoine MASTA was born 1 June 1726 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Antoine died 10 May 1806 in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada. Antoine was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC.

Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR died 16 August 1815 in Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower 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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Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR married

Antoine MASTA
Marriage date: 10 October 1746
Marriage place: Repentigny, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Antoine MASTA was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC

Children of Antoine MASTA and Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR

Marie-Francoise MASTA

Born: 16 July 1752, Repentigny, Canada, New France
Died: 24 December 1781, Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephte MASTA

Born: 1 February 1754, Laval, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Marie-Marguerite MASTA

Born: 20 April 1755, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 16 May 1795, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Marie-Archange MASTA

Born: 4 October 1756, Terrebonne, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Antoine MASTA

Born: 23 February 1768, Terrebonne, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Marie-Madeleine MASTA

Born: 28 November 1774, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 September 1832, Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1729
15 January 1729
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR and Antoine MASTA 10 October 1746, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 17 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Francoise MASTA was born 16 July 1752, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Thérèse was 23 years old.

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

1754 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte MASTA was born 1 February 1754, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Thérèse was 25 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MASTA was born 20 April 1755, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Thérèse was 26 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Marie-Archange MASTA was born 4 October 1756, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marie-Thérèse was 27 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Antoine MASTA was born 23 February 1768, Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

Marie-Thérèse was 39 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine MASTA was born 28 November 1774, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Thérèse was 45 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.

1781 Death of Child
Marie-Francoise MASTA died 24 December 1781, Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan)

Marie-Thérèse was 52 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Death of Child
Marie-Marguerite MASTA died 16 May 1795, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Marie-Thérèse was 66 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1806 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine MASTA died 10 May 1806 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Québec, Canada

Death — 1815
16 August 1815
Saint-Esprit, Montcalm, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 86.

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