Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU

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10 June 1750 , Yamaska, Canada, New France

Died

21 July 1821 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Joseph DANIS dit TOURANGEAU Catherine PLANTE dite PATENAUDE

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Born: 10 June 1750 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph DANIS dit TOURANGEAU

Mother: Catherine PLANTE dite PATENAUDE

Paternal grandparents: René DANIS dit TOURANGEAU , Marguerite FORCIER

Maternal grandparents: Louis PLANTE , Angélique PATENAUDE

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Louis-Laurent married Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD 23 February 1778 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD was born 27 June 1750 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France. Marie-Josephe died 1 August 1828 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph FORVILLE dit PAPINEAU and Marie-Louise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS.

Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU died 21 July 1821 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .

m. Cartier Marie-Elisabeth
m. Forville Marie-Josephe

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Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU married

Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD
Marriage date: 23 February 1778
Marriage place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD was the child of Joseph FORVILLE dit PAPINEAU and Marie-Louise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

Children of Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD

Louis DANIS

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

Marie-Marguerite DANIS

Born: 17 July 1780, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 13 July 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU

Born: 14 June 1782, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 12 May 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise DANIS

Born: 14 March 1784, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph JOYAL dit LAFRENIERE 11 September 1820 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

Michel DANIS

Born: 15 August 1793, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: 24 January 1849, Saint-David, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1750
10 June 1750
Yamaska, Canada, New France

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD 23 February 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 27 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DANIS was born 17 July 1780, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 30 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU was born 14 June 1782, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 32 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DANIS was born 14 March 1784, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 33 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Michel DANIS was born 15 August 1793, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 43 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

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

1820 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DANIS married 11 September 1820 , Yamaska, Lower Canada to Joseph JOYAL dit LAFRENIERE