Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born

2 September 1789 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

23 December 1850 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

Marie-Victoire married Alexis DURAND 11 August 1818 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis DURAND was born 14 June 1772 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada . Alexis died 25 December 1863 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East . Alexis was the child of Gabriel DURAND and Marie Henriette (Louise) HEBERT .

Parents & Family of Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Parents of Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Father

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Mother

Suzanne BEAUFORT dite BRUNELLE

Grandparents of Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Jacques RIVARD dit LAVIGNE Marie-Josephte RICHARD dite PRE

Maternal grandparents

Alexis BEAUFORT dit BRUNELLE Marie Anne PARR

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE married

Alexis DURAND
Marriage date: 11 August 1818
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Alexis DURAND was the child of Gabriel DURAND and Marie Henriette (Louise) HEBERT

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Alexis DURAND and Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

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RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marie-Victoire's Québec records.

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 — 1789
2 September 1789
Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Victoire RIVARD dite LAVIGNE and Alexis DURAND 11 August 1818, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

She was 28 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England