Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born

2 February 1800 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Died

13 November 1890 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada

Alexis married Julie POISSON 9 October 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Julie POISSON was born 15 November 1802 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Julie died 20 May 1840 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada . Julie was the child of Alexis POISSON and Marguerite CHAMPOUX .

Parents & Family of Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Parents of Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Father

Francois RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Mother

Marie-Elisabeth ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ

Grandparents of Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Paternal grandparents

Joseph-Jacques RIVARD dit LAVIGNE Marie-Josephte RICHARD dite PRE

Maternal grandparents

Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ Catherine MAILLOT

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married

Julie POISSON
Marriage date: 9 October 1821
Marriage place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Julie POISSON was the child of Alexis POISSON and Marguerite CHAMPOUX

Sacred Unions: A Look into 19th-Century Catholic Weddings in Quebec

Children of Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Julie POISSON

Alexis LAVIGNE dit RIVARD

Born: 11 August 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Julie BARIL 27 February 1843 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East

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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 — 1800
2 February 1800
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1821 Marriage / Partner
Alexis RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Julie POISSON 9 October 1821, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

He was 21 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Alexis LAVIGNE dit RIVARD was born 11 August 1822, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Alexis was 22 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)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

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

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1840 Death of Spouse/Partner
Julie POISSON died 20 May 1840, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Alexis LAVIGNE dit RIVARD married 27 February 1843, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East to Julie BARIL

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

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

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.