Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Born

31 August 1774 , La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

Alexis married Rose PICHET 2 October 1797 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose PICHET was born 10 February 1779 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada . Rose was the child of Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT .

Parents & Family of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Parents of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Father

Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Mother

Marie-Felicite CADOT

Grandparents of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Paternal grandparents

Pierre RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE Marie-Louise-Josephte MASSON

Maternal grandparents

Mathurin CADOT Marie-Felicite HAYOT (AYOTTE)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE

Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE married

Rose PICHET
Marriage date: 2 October 1797
Marriage place: Louiseville, Lower Canada
Rose PICHET was the child of Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT

Children of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Rose PICHET

Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD

Born: 6 October 1824, Louiseville, Lower Canada
Died: 23 June 1887, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada

Married: Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE 15 September 1846 Place: Louiseville, Canada East

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1774
31 August 1774
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

1797 Marriage / Partner
Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Rose PICHET 2 October 1797, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 23 years old.

1824 Birth of Child
Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD was born 6 October 1824, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Alexis was 50 years old.

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