Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

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19 September 1777 , La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 January 1828 , La Prairie, Lower Canada

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Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER)Madeleine LECLERC

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Born: 19 September 1777 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ (MIGNER)

Mother: Madeleine LECLERC

Paternal grandparents: Michel MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ , Marguerite PELLETIER

Maternal grandparents: Joachim LECLERC , Catherine SOUCY

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Basile married Geneviève VIEL 22 October 1798 in Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada . Geneviève VIEL was born 23 January 1780 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Geneviève died 31 July 1815 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Geneviève was the child of Michel-Julien VIEL and Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT.

Basile married (2) Marie-Reine COUTU 16 October 1820 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Reine COUTU was born 17 June 1801 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Marie-Reine died 10 October 1855 in Saint-Norbert, Berthier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine was the child of François COUTU and Marie PLOUFFE.

Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ died 6 January 1828 in La Prairie, 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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Spouse & Children of Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ

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Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ married

Geneviève VIEL
Marriage date: 22 October 1798
Marriage place: Saint-André, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Geneviève VIEL was the child of Michel-Julien VIEL and Geneviève GUÉRET dite DUMONT

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Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ married

Marie-Reine COUTU
Marriage date: 16 October 1820
Marriage place: Berthierville, Lower Canada
Marie-Reine COUTU was the child of François COUTU and Marie PLOUFFE

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Basile LEGACE

Born: 2 September 1821, Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Died: 20 November 1846, Sorel, Canada East

Married: Adelaide (Delia) JANTON (GENTON) dite DAUPHINÉ (DAUPHINAIS) 7 January 1846 Place: Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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Birth — 1777
19 September 1777
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Geneviève VIEL 22 October 1798, Saint-André, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (St-Andre)

He was 21 years old.

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

1815 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève VIEL died 31 July 1815, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

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 Marriage / Partner
Basile MIGNIER dit LAGACÉ and Marie-Reine COUTU 16 October 1820, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

He was 43 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England