Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE

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abt. 1727 , Québec Province, Canada

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14 December 1809 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

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Born: abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

Mother: Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas-Gabriel LEFEBVRE dit LATAILLE , Marie-Louise DUCLOS

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LAFOND dit MONGRAIN , Marie-Madeleine RIVARD

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Genevieve married Jean-Baptiste RIVARD 8 January 1752 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was born 29 October 1719 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Jean-Baptiste died 8 September 1771 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Mathurin RIVARD and Jeanne FRIGON.

Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE died 14 December 1809 in Yamachiche, 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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Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE married

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD
Marriage date: 8 January 1752
Marriage place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was the child of Mathurin RIVARD and Jeanne FRIGON

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD and Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE

Marie-Amable RIVARD

Born: 6 September 1769, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 December 1852, Yamachiche, Canada East

Married: Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMETTE 23 November 1789 Place: Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1752 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE and Jean-Baptiste RIVARD 8 January 1752, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1769 Birth of Child
Marie-Amable RIVARD was born 6 September 1769, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1771 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD died 8 September 1771, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Marie-Amable RIVARD married 23 November 1789, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Jean-Baptiste GUILLEMETTE

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)

Death — 1809
14 December 1809
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

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