Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

(b. abt. 1672 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 January 1743 , Nicolet, Canada, New France )

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Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was born abt. 1672 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA was the child of François PELLETIER dit ANTAYA and Marguerite-Madeleine MORISSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas PELLETIER and Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)

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Catherine married Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 12 November 1697 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was born 14 September 1672 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Denis died 29 December 1751 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Denis was the child of Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST).

Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA died 27 January 1743 in Nicolet, Canada, New France .
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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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Family and Children of Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA

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Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA married

Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE-- Date: 12 November 1697 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST)

Children of Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA:

Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE (b.8 November 1698, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ 4 September 1720 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
m. Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU 23 November 1740 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Ursule FOUCAULT (b.22 August 1703, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joseph SICARD dit CARUFEL 24 August 1729 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Elisabeth FOUCAULT (b.abt. 1710, , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 February 1761, Maskinongé, Canada )
m. Joseph-Pierre DESHARNAIS dit LANEUVILLE 7 January 1732 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

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1681 Lanoraie, Quebec
Francois Pelletier, habitant, 48 years
Marguerite Maurisseau, 37 years
Francois Pelletier, 16 years
Joseph Pelletier, 14 years
Marguerite Pelletier, 13 years
Genevieve Pelletier, 11 years
Catherine Pelletier, 9 years
Michel Pelletier, 7 years
Pierre Pelletier, 6 years
Louise Pelletier, 3 years
1681 Census - New France
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1697 Marriage / Partner
Catherine PELLETIER dite ANTAYA and Denis FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE 12 November 1697, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was born 8 November 1698, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1703 Birth of Child
Ursule FOUCAULT was born 22 August 1703, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1720 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE married 4 September 1720, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ

1729 Marriage of Child
Ursule FOUCAULT married 24 August 1729, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Joseph SICARD dit CARUFEL

1732 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth FOUCAULT married 7 January 1732, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) to Joseph-Pierre DESHARNAIS dit LANEUVILLE

1740 Marriage of Child
Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE married 23 November 1740, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU