Marie-Elisabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH

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abt. 1887 , Ste Melanie, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Elisabeth married Ovide RIVARD (RIVORD) 3 January 1876 in Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ovide RIVARD (RIVORD) was born 9 November 1853 in Joliette, Canada East . Ovide died 30 August 1920 in Munising, Alger, Michigan, USA.

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie-Elisabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH

Marie-Elisabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH married

Ovide RIVARD (RIVORD)
Marriage date: 3 January 1876
Marriage place: , Canada

Children of Ovide RIVARD (RIVORD) and Marie-Elisabeth FUSEAU dite ROCH

Amelia RIVARD

Born: 8 January 1885, , Manitoba, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis Albert "Burt" LAFAVE (LEFAVE) 6 August 1900

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Marie-Elisabeth's Québec records.

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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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.