Marguerite MAURICE dite LAFONTAINE

(b. 4 September 1779 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 December 1801 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite MAURICE dite LAFONTAINE was born 4 September 1779 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Marguerite MAURICE dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Paul MAURICE dit LAFANTAISIE and Marie-Marguerite LAMOUREUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles-Marie MAURICE and Catherine CARDINAL (maternal) Louis LAMOUREUX and Marguerite LAPORTE

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Marguerite married Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON 24 November 1800 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON was born 8 January 1775 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Louis died 31 October 1843 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay). Louis was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEVILLON LACROIX and Françoise DUVAL.

Marguerite MAURICE dite LAFONTAINE died 27 December 1801 in Saint-Ours, 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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Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON-- Date: 24 November 1800 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON was the child of Jean-Baptiste QUEVILLON LACROIX and Françoise DUVAL

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1779 Birth
4 September 1779
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1800 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite MAURICE dite LAFONTAINE and Louis LACROIX dit QUEVILLON 24 November 1800, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 21 years old.