François-Xavier SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR

Born

12 June 1786 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

6 July 1832 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada

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Louis-Joseph SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR Helene LANGLOIS

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Born: 12 June 1786 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Louis-Joseph SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR

Mother: Helene LANGLOIS

Paternal grandparents: Jean-François SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR , Marie-Anne CROTEAU

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel LANGLOIS , Helene LECLERC

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François-Xavier married Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE 23 February 1808 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE was born 15 August 1788 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada . Marie-Madeleine was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Marie-Josephe FORTIER.

François-Xavier SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR died 6 July 1832 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 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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François-Xavier SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR married

Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE
Marriage date: 23 February 1808
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE was the child of Antoine FRECHETTE and Marie-Josephe FORTIER

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

Children of François-Xavier SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE

Edouard SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR

Born: abt. 1809, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Sophie SEVIGNY

Born: abt. 1812, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 3 October 1842, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada East

Anastasie SEVIGNY

Born: 19 May 1818, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada
Died: 3 March 1875, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

François SEVIGNY

Born: abt. 1819, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1786
12 June 1786
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1808 Marriage / Partner
François-Xavier SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine FRECHETTE 23 February 1808, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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.

1818 Birth of Child
Anastasie SEVIGNY was born 19 May 1818, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

François-Xavier was 31 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England