Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS

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abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

26 November 1831 , Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada

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Gervais-Marie RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite FRANCOEUR

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Born: abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Gervais-Marie RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE

Mother: Marie-Anne LOISEAU dite FRANCOEUR

Paternal grandparents: Jean RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE , Geneviève TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Pierre LOISEAU dit FRANCOEUR , Marie HUS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephe LAUZE 4 February 1771 in Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Josephe LAUZE was born 25 August 1753 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Josephe died 26 June 1840 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe was the child of Pierre LOSE (LAUZÉ) and Marie-Josephe THOMAS.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS died 26 November 1831 in Saint-Cuthbert, 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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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS married

Marie-Josephe LAUZE
Marriage date: 4 February 1771
Marriage place: Berthierville, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe LAUZE was the child of Pierre LOSE (LAUZÉ) and Marie-Josephe THOMAS

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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.

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit GERVAIS and Marie-Josephe LAUZE 4 February 1771, Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

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.