Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE

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17 March 1766 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 October 1841 , Saint-Aimé, Canada East

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Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE Marie-Louise MILLET

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Born: 17 March 1766 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE

Mother: Marie-Louise MILLET

Paternal grandparents: Pierre HEROUX , Angelique CARBONNEAU

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Joseph MILLET , Antoinette CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRE

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Michel married Marguerite-Anne BENOIT 16 July 1787 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Anne BENOIT was born 22 October 1768 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite-Anne died 3 February 1808 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marguerite-Anne was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Anne Jeanne THIBODEAU.

Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE died 28 October 1841 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East .
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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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Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE married

Marguerite-Anne BENOIT
Marriage date: 16 July 1787
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Anne BENOIT was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Anne Jeanne THIBODEAU

Children of Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marguerite-Anne BENOIT

Michel HEROUX

Born: 1 April 1796, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Angélique LOISEAU dite CARDIN 18 January 1820 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1766
17 March 1766
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marguerite-Anne BENOIT 16 July 1787, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1796 Birth of Child
Michel HEROUX was born 1 April 1796, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 30 years old.

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