Alexis
DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY
Born
10 March 1740
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Died
15 September 1810
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY
Alexis DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY married 
Francoise DAVID dite LACOURSE
Marriage date: 9 January 1769
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise DAVID dite LACOURSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE and Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR
Francoise DAVID dite LACOURSEMarriage date: 9 January 1769
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Francoise DAVID dite LACOURSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE and Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR
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Alexis DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY married Marguerite MARCHAND
Marriage date: 2 February 1801
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marguerite MARCHAND was the child of Ignace MARCHAND and Marie-Anne-Genevieve BIGOT dite DUVAL
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Marguerite MARCHANDMarriage date: 2 February 1801
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Marguerite MARCHAND was the child of Ignace MARCHAND and Marie-Anne-Genevieve BIGOT dite DUVAL
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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 174010 March 1740
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
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.
1769 Marriage / PartnerAlexis DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY and Francoise DAVID dite LACOURSE 9 January 1769, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
He was 28 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.
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
1798 Death of Spouse/PartnerFrancoise DAVID dite LACOURSE died March 1798, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
1801 Marriage / PartnerAlexis DESHAIES dit TOURIGNY and Marguerite MARCHAND 2 February 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)
He was 60 years old.
Death — 181015 September 1810
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 70.
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