Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE

(b. 2 July 1724 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 26 September 1781 , Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE was born 2 July 1724 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE was the child of Jean-Charles VACHER dit LACERTE and Marie-Claire BERGERON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT (maternal) François BERGERON and Étiennette LECLERC

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Marie-Marguerite married Étienne GAUTHIER 19 April 1751 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Étienne GAUTHIER was born abt. 1722 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Étienne died 3 October 1798 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Étienne was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY.

Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE died 26 September 1781 in Louiseville, 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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Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE married

Étienne GAUTHIER-- Date: 19 April 1751 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
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Étienne GAUTHIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Catherine LEMAY

Children of Étienne GAUTHIER and Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE:

Marguerite GAUTHIER (b.15 January 1757, Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1834, Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada )
m. Francois HUBERT 10 January 1774 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1724 Birth
2 July 1724
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Marguerite VACHER dite LACERTE and Étienne GAUTHIER 19 April 1751, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 26 years old.

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

1757 Birth of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER was born 15 January 1757, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Marguerite was 32 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GAUTHIER married 10 January 1774 , Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Francois HUBERT

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.