Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE

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8 December 1748 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

18 April 1816 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Joseph RIVARD dit BELLEFEUILLE Charlotte LEMAITRE

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Born: 8 December 1748 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph RIVARD dit BELLEFEUILLE

Mother: Charlotte LEMAITRE

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Joseph RIVARD dit BELLEFEUILLE , Marie-Francoise LESIEUR

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LEMAITRE dit AUGER , Marie-Francoise LESIEUR dite DUCHESNE

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Charlotte married Charles LESIEUR 2 March 1778 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LESIEUR was born February 1753 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . Charles died 16 September 1818 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . Charles was the child of Pierre LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Genevieve SICARD.

Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE died 18 April 1816 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .
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Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE married

Charles LESIEUR
Marriage date: 2 March 1778
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Charles LESIEUR was the child of Pierre LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Genevieve SICARD

Children of Charles LESIEUR and Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE

Josephte LESIEUR

Born: abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 July 1847, Yamachiche, Canada East

Married: Francois LAMY 27 January 1800 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1748
8 December 1748
Québec Province, Canada

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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE and Charles LESIEUR 2 March 1778, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

She was 29 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)

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

1800 Marriage of Child
Josephte LESIEUR married 27 January 1800, Yamachiche, Lower Canada to Francois LAMY