Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND

Born

6 October 1771 , Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 March 1852 , Sainte-Marie, Canada East

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Jacques POUQUEVILLE (POUPEVILLE)Genevieve LEFEBVRE

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Born: 6 October 1771 in Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques POUQUEVILLE (POUPEVILLE)

Mother: Genevieve LEFEBVRE

Maternal grandparents: Alexandre LEFEBVRE , Marie-Geneviève PARENT

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Francois married Marguerite LESSARD 3 October 1797 in Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LESSARD was born 22 May 1777 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Marie-Claire RANCOURT.

Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND died 27 March 1852 in Sainte-Marie, 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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Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND married

Marguerite LESSARD
Marriage date: 3 October 1797
Marriage place: Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Marguerite LESSARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESSARD and Marie-Claire RANCOURT

Children of Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND and Marguerite LESSARD

Josette POUQUEVILLE dite NORMAND

Born: 25 December 1810, Sainte-Marie, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Godefroy PILET dit JOLICOEUR 14 September 1835 Place: Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

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Birth — 1771
6 October 1771
Sainte-Marie, Province of Québec, Canada

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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1797 Marriage / Partner
Francois POUQUEVILLE dit NORMAND and Marguerite LESSARD 3 October 1797, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

He was 26 years old.

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1810 Birth of Child
Josette POUQUEVILLE dite NORMAND was born 25 December 1810, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce)

Francois was 39 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

1835 Marriage of Child
Josette POUQUEVILLE dite NORMAND married 14 September 1835, Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce) to Godefroy PILET dit JOLICOEUR

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)

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)