Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE

(b. 13 June 1755 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1812 , Batiscan, Lower Canada )

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Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE was born 13 June 1755 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE was the child of Pierre TROTTIER dit LABISSIONNIÈRE and Marie-Josephte RIVARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIÈRE and Marguerite-Thérèse FAFARD dite LONGVAL (maternal) Mathurin RIVARD and Jeanne FRIGON

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Therese RIVARD 12 February 1798 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese RIVARD was born 3 September 1769 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Therese died 26 November 1822 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Therese was the child of Antoine-Alexis RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Josephte RIVARD.

Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE died 28 February 1812 in Batiscan, 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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Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE married

Therese RIVARD-- Date: 12 February 1798 Place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Therese RIVARD was the child of Antoine-Alexis RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Josephte RIVARD

Children of Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE and Therese RIVARD:

Therese TROTTIER dite LABISSONNIERE (b.abt. 1808, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 April 1841, La-Pérade, Canada East )
m. Pierre GRANDBOIS 15 July 1828 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

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1755 Birth
13 June 1755
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

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
Joseph TROTTIER dit LABISSONNIERE and Therese RIVARD 12 February 1798, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 42 years old.

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