François MORIN dit VALCOURT

Born

30 September 1748 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

23 September 1826 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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Claude-Joseph MORIN Marie GAGNE

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Born: 30 September 1748 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Claude-Joseph MORIN

Mother: Marie GAGNE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph MORIN , Agnes BOUCHARD

Maternal grandparents: François GAGNÉ , Elisabeth LANGLOIS

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François married Marie-Anne MICHAUD 19 October 1773 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne MICHAUD was born abt. 1749 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne died 8 June 1832 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Marie-Anne-Cécile OUELLET.

François MORIN dit VALCOURT died 23 September 1826 in Kamouraska, 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.

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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François MORIN dit VALCOURT married

Marie-Anne MICHAUD
Marriage date: 19 October 1773
Marriage place: Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne MICHAUD was the child of Jean-Baptiste MICHAUD and Marie-Anne-Cécile OUELLET

Children of François MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT

Born: 6 September 1777, Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 17 August 1843, Frenchville, Maine, USA

Married: Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT 8 February 1796 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Married: Rosalie ST-JOR dite SERGERIE 27 January 1807 Place: Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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Birth — 1748
30 September 1748
Montmagny, 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.

1773 Marriage / Partner
François MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Anne MICHAUD 19 October 1773, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

He was 25 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 6 September 1777, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

François was 28 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1796 Marriage of Child
Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT married 8 February 1796, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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

1807 Marriage of Child
Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT married 27 January 1807, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Rosalie ST-JOR dite SERGERIE

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)