Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

Born

23 May 1790 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

28 August 1853 , Yamachiche, Canada East

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François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE Pelagie CORBIN

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Born: 23 May 1790 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: François LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

Mother: Pelagie CORBIN

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE , Marie-Anne PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY

Maternal grandparents: Joseph CORBIN , Madeleine CHARRON

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Regis married Scholastique TOUSIGNANT 28 January 1811 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Scholastique TOUSIGNANT was born 4 January 1784 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Scholastique died 8 April 1867 in St-Sévère, Quebec, Canada. Scholastique was the child of François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephe GELINAS.

Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE died 28 August 1853 in Yamachiche, 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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Scholastique TOUSIGNANT
Marriage date: 28 January 1811
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Scholastique TOUSIGNANT was the child of François TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Josephe GELINAS

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Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE

Born: 19 November 1811, Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES 11 February 1839 Place: Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand)

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Birth — 1790
23 May 1790
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Scholastique TOUSIGNANT 28 January 1811, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 20 years old.

1811 Birth of Child
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE was born 19 November 1811, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Regis was 21 years old.

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

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

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 of Child
Regis LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE married 11 February 1839, Saint-Léon-le-Grand, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Leon-le-Grand) to Marie MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNES

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.