Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

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9 October 1793 , Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Died

24 May 1852 , Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East

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Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ Marguerite VEZINA

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Born: 9 October 1793 in Deschaillons, Lower Canada

Father: Augustin ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Mother: Marguerite VEZINA

Paternal grandparents: Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ , Catherine MAILLOT

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Nicolas VEZINA , Marie-Josephte RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

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Pierre married Marie-Anne VIENS 13 January 1817 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne VIENS was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre VIENS dit JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL.

Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ died 24 May 1852 in Saint-Simon, Bagot, Canada East .
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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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Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ married

Marie-Anne VIENS
Marriage date: 13 January 1817
Marriage place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne VIENS was the child of Pierre VIENS dit JEAN and Elisabeth-Isabelle BOISSEL

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Children of Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Anne VIENS

Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ

Born: abt. 1821, Acton Vale, Lower Canada
Died: abt. 1896, Saint-Simon, Bagot, Québec, Canada

Married: Josette CARON 11 November 1845 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Birth — 1793
9 October 1793
Deschaillons, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Anne VIENS 13 January 1817, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

He was 23 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.