Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT

Born

7 August 1788 , Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

18 August 1856 , Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada

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François MORIN dit VALCOURT Marie-Modeste PAIN

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Born: 7 August 1788 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François MORIN dit VALCOURT

Mother: Marie-Modeste PAIN

Paternal grandparents: François MORIN dit VALCOURT , Genevieve BOSSE

Maternal grandparents: Jean PAIN , Marie-Basile ST-PIERRE

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Laurent married Rachel LABBE 18 October 1819 in Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rachel LABBE was born 22 May 1792 in Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach). Rachel was the child of Jacques LABBE and Genevieve ARBOUR.

Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT died 18 August 1856 in Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, 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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Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT married

Rachel LABBE
Marriage date: 18 October 1819
Marriage place: Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada
Rachel LABBE was the child of Jacques LABBE and Genevieve ARBOUR

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Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT

Born: 5 August 1820, Percé, Lower Canada
Died: 24 December 1890, Percé, Québec, Canada

Married: Ursule TRUDEL 6 November 1862

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Birth — 1788
7 August 1788
Montmagny, 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)

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.

1819 Marriage / Partner
Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT and Rachel LABBE 18 October 1819, Percé, Le Rocher-Percé, Quebec, Canada

He was 31 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Birth of Child
Laurent MORIN dit VALCOURT was born 5 August 1820, Percé, Québec, Canada (Perce) (North Beach) (South Beach)

Laurent was 32 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

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)