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Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE

(b. 2 March 1717 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 19 March 1792 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE was born 2 March 1717 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE was the child of Pierre GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Madeleine BOURBEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GÉLINAS and Françoise DE CHARMESNIL (MESNY) (maternal) Pierre BOURBEAU dit LACOURSE and Anne BENARD dite BOURJOLI

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Alexis married Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE 2 November 1739 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was born 18 April 1716 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite died 23 February 1785 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON.

Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE died 19 March 1792 in Maskinongé, Lower Canada .
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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.

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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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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE

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Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE married

Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE-- Date: 2 November 1739 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Marguerite BERGERON

Children of Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE:

Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE (b.abt. 1745, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marguerite GELINAS dite LACOURSE (b.12 March 1750, Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1790, Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie BERNIER 25 June 1781 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Anne GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE (b.abt. 1751, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1814, , Québec Province, Canada )

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Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Anglican Church (1699)
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1717 Birth
2 March 1717
Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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

1739 Marriage / Partner
Alexis GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE 2 November 1739 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 22 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marguerite GELINAS dite LACOURSE was born 12 March 1750, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Alexis was 33 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.

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.

1781 Marriage of Child
Marguerite GELINAS dite LACOURSE married 25 June 1781, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Joseph-Marie BERNIER

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)