Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

Born

15 August 1764 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

27 November 1837 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Nicolas TESSIER dit LAVIGNE Marie-Josephte TRUDEAU

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Born: 15 August 1764 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Nicolas TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

Mother: Marie-Josephte TRUDEAU

Paternal grandparents: Nicolas TESSIER , Marie-Charlotte RICHARD

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Joseph TRUDEAU , Marie-Josephe BEAUDREAU

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Louis married Catherine BLONDEAU 24 April 1786 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine BLONDEAU was born 5 December 1768 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Catherine died 6 March 1845 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Lambert-Jean-Baptiste BLONDEAU and Marie-Josephe JOLLIET.

Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 27 November 1837 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE married

Catherine BLONDEAU
Marriage date: 24 April 1786
Marriage place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine BLONDEAU was the child of Lambert-Jean-Baptiste BLONDEAU and Marie-Josephe JOLLIET

Children of Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Catherine BLONDEAU

Francois TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

Born: 10 July 1798, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite BRIGNON dite LAPIERRE 8 January 1821 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1764
15 August 1764
Chambly, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Catherine BLONDEAU 24 April 1786, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 21 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Francois TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 10 July 1798, Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada

Louis was 33 years old.

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

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

1821 Marriage of Child
Francois TESSIER dit LAVIGNE married 8 January 1821, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marguerite BRIGNON dite LAPIERRE

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