Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN

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12 August 1798 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Died

11 May 1851 , Frenchville, Maine, USA

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Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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Born: 12 August 1798 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada

Father: Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT

Mother: Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT

Paternal grandparents: François MORIN dit VALCOURT , Marie-Anne MICHAUD

Maternal grandparents: Zacharie GUÉRET dit DUMONT , Marie-Madeleine PARADIS

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Jean Firmin married Elisabeth BOIS 21 April 1823 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth BOIS was born 4 March 1800 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Joseph BOIS and Marie-Catherine CARON.

Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN died 11 May 1851 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .
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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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Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN married

Elisabeth BOIS
Marriage date: 21 April 1823
Marriage place: Rimouski, Lower Canada
Elisabeth BOIS was the child of Joseph BOIS and Marie-Catherine CARON

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Children of Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN and Elisabeth BOIS

Lucie VALCOURT dite MORIN

Born: abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 6 November 1866, Frenchville, Maine, USA

Married: Theophile BOUCHARD 20 April 1847 Place: Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce)

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Birth — 1798
12 August 1798
Kamouraska, Lower Canada

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

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

1823 Marriage / Partner
Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN and Elisabeth BOIS 21 April 1823, Rimouski, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur) (Saint-Germain) (Le Bic)

He was 24 years old.

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

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

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

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

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

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Lucie VALCOURT dite MORIN married 20 April 1847, Frenchville, Maine, USA (Chateaugay) (Ste-Emilie) (Ste-Luce) to Theophile BOUCHARD

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