Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS

(b. 15 January 1818 , Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada d. 11 October 1896 , St-David-de-L'Auberivière, Quebec, Canada )

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Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS was born 15 January 1818 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS was the child of Michel LECOURS dit BARRAS and Angelique LECOURS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel LECOUR (LECOURS) and Françoise BOURGET (maternal) Joseph LECOUR dit BARRAS (LECOURS) and Angelique CHAREST

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Lucie married Louis HUARD 26 November 1839 in Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis HUARD was born 5 August 1816 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Louis died 15 November 1910 in St-David-de-L'Auberivière, Quebec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis HUARD and Marie-Luce NADEAU.

Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS died 11 October 1896 in St-David-de-L'Auberivière, 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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Family and Children of Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS

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Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS married

Louis HUARD-- Date: 26 November 1839 Place: Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada
Louis HUARD was the child of Louis HUARD and Marie-Luce NADEAU

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Children of Louis HUARD and Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS:

Napoleon HUARD (b.27 December 1857, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada East d. 24 September 1930, Outremont, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Aurelie CLOUTIER 27 September 1880

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1818 Birth
15 January 1818
Lauzon, Lévis, Lower Canada

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Lucie LECOURS dite BARRAS and Louis HUARD 26 November 1839, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

She was 21 years old.

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)

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.

1857 Birth of Child
Napoleon HUARD was born 27 December 1857, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)

Lucie was 39 years old.

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.