Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST

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27 January 1747 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

16 August 1818 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

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Pierre-François THIRIAC Marie-Madeleine BENARD dite BONENFANT

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Born: 27 January 1747 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre-François THIRIAC

Mother: Marie-Madeleine BENARD dite BONENFANT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Emmanuel BENARD dit BONENFANT , Marie-Madeleine PERILLARD dite BOURGUIGNON

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Pierre-Francois-Xavier married Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN 8 February 1774 in Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN was born 23 October 1751 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Victoire-Charlotte died 14 March 1786 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Victoire-Charlotte was the child of Louis PIVERT dit PARISIEN and Elisabeth CHARRON.

Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST died 16 August 1818 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada .

m. (1) Angelique Marguerite Louise Robidoux, 27 August 1768, Montreal
m. (3) Marguerite Francoise Labombarde (Bombardier), 6 February 1787, Longueuil
m. (4) Marie Francoise Bleau, 13 July 1812, Laprairie, Quebec

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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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Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN
Marriage date: 8 February 1774
Marriage place: Longueuil, Province of Québec, Canada
Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN was the child of Louis PIVERT dit PARISIEN and Elisabeth CHARRON

Children of Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST and Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN

Marie THIRIAC

Born: abt. 1775, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Charlotte THIRIAC

Born: abt. 1777, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 5 November 1846, Grande Pointe, Canada West

Antoine THIRIAC

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC)

Born: 20 May 1785, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 20 June 1871, Swanton, Vermont, USA

Married: Marguerite GIROUX 7 January 1811 Place: La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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Birth — 1747
27 January 1747
Montréal, Canada, New France

Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST - Baptism

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1774 Marriage / Partner
Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST and Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN 8 February 1774, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

He was 27 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)

1785 Birth of Child
Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC) was born 20 May 1785, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Pierre-Francois-Xavier was 38 years old.

1786 Death of Spouse/Partner
Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN died 14 March 1786, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

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)

1811 Marriage of Child
Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC) married 7 January 1811, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marguerite GIROUX

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

Death — 1818
16 August 1818
L'Acadie, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 71.

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