Jean-Baptiste LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE

(b. 24 December 1717 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 25 November 1774 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE was born 24 December 1717 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE was the child of Jean-François LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine VIEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LARIOU dit LAFANTAISIE and Catherine MONGEAU (maternal) Pierre VIEL dit DESNOYERS and Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Agnes BARIBEAU 27 October 1744 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . Agnes BARIBEAU was born 10 September 1719 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Agnes died 12 January 1786 in St-Stanislas, Quebec, Canada. Agnes was the child of Jean BARIBEAU and Marguerite COSSET (COSSETTE).

Jean-Baptiste LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE died 25 November 1774 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Agnes Baribeau
27 October 1744
Ste-Geneviève-de-Batiscan

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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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Agnes BARIBEAU-- Date: 27 October 1744 Place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Agnes BARIBEAU was the child of Jean BARIBEAU and Marguerite COSSET (COSSETTE)

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1717 Birth
24 December 1717
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LARIOU dit LAFONTAINE and Agnes BARIBEAU 27 October 1744, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 26 years old.

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

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.