Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

(b. 25 May 1733 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1787 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE was born 25 May 1733 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE 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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Thérèse married Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT 3 July 1760 in Batiscan, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT was born abt. 1730 in France.

Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE died 1 May 1787 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, 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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Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE married

Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT-- Date: 3 July 1760 Place: Batiscan, Canada

Children of Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT and Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE:

Marguerite THIFFAULT (b.19 June 1772, Saint-Constant, Province of Québec, Canada d. 26 July 1806, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph TREMBLAY 18 January 1790 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1733 Birth
25 May 1733
Batiscan, Canada, New France

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

1760 Marriage / Partner
Thérèse RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE and Jacques-Pierre THIFFAULT 3 July 1760, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 27 years old.

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.

1772 Birth of Child
Marguerite THIFFAULT was born 19 June 1772, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Thérèse was 39 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.