Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

(b. 3 May 1745 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1797 , Louiseville, Lower Canada )

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Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 3 May 1745 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was the child of Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Louise-Josephte MASSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Madeleine LEPELLE (maternal) Michel MASSON and Marie-Anne DUPONT

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Claude-Joseph married Marie-Felicite CADOT 27 July 1767 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Felicite CADOT was born 27 November 1741 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Marie-Felicite was the child of Mathurin CADOT and Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE).

Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE died 13 October 1797 in Louiseville, 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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Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE married

Marie-Felicite CADOT-- Date: 27 July 1767 Place: Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Felicite CADOT was the child of Mathurin CADOT and Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE)

Children of Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Marie-Felicite CADOT:

Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE (b.30 March 1768, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 December 1857, Maskinongé, Canada East )
m. Genevieve TISDELE dite NOEL 5 February 1798 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE (b.31 August 1774, La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Rose PICHET 2 October 1797 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1745 Birth
3 May 1745
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Marie-Felicite CADOT 27 July 1767, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

He was 22 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Claude RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 30 March 1768, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Claude-Joseph was 22 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE was born 31 August 1774, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Claude-Joseph was 29 years old.

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.