Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

(b. 26 March 1800 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 4 July 1881 , Bonsecours, Shefford, Quebec, Canada )

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Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 26 March 1800 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was the child of Louis CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marguerite VEL dite SANSOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) François-Louis CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Anne DUPRÉ (maternal) Pierre VEL dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine Esther GIROUARD

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Marguerite BOUVIER 25 October 1825 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marguerite BOUVIER was born 10 April 1805 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marguerite was the child of Francois BOUVIER and Josette-Felicite GOBELIN dite CINQ-MARS.

Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE died 4 July 1881 in Bonsecours, Shefford, Quebec, 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.

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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Family and Children of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE

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Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE married

Marguerite BOUVIER-- Date: 25 October 1825 Place: Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Marguerite BOUVIER was the child of Francois BOUVIER and Josette-Felicite GOBELIN dite CINQ-MARS

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Children of Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marguerite BOUVIER:

Pierre LARIVIERE dit CHAPDELAINE (b.4 March 1827, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 10 February 1902, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Louisa MAINVILLE 6 November 1848 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Louis LARIVIERE (b.23 January 1829, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. 02/12/1891, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Mathilde Domithilde MCDONALD 1856

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1800 Birth
26 March 1800
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 Marriage / Partner
Pierre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marguerite BOUVIER 25 October 1825, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 25 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 Birth of Child
Pierre LARIVIERE dit CHAPDELAINE was born 4 March 1827, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 26 years old.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 Birth of Child
Louis LARIVIERE was born 23 January 1829, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Pierre was 28 years old.

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1848 Marriage of Child
Pierre LARIVIERE dit CHAPDELAINE married 6 November 1848, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Louisa MAINVILLE

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.