Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

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3 July 1745 , Montmagny, Canada, New France

Died

3 April 1820 , Montmagny, Lower Canada

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Charles COUTURE Elisabeth FOURNIER

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Born: 3 July 1745 in Montmagny, Canada, New France

Father: Charles COUTURE

Mother: Elisabeth FOURNIER

Paternal grandparents: Eustache COUTURE dit BELLERIVE , Marie-Françoise HUARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER , Marie-Françoise DUMAS

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Elisabeth married Pierre POIRIER 23 January 1764 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre POIRIER was born abt. 1732 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pierre died 23 October 1824 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE.

Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE died 3 April 1820 in Montmagny, 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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Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE married

Pierre POIRIER
Marriage date: 23 January 1764
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre POIRIER was the child of Jean Baptiste POIRIER and Marie Josephte SAVOIE

Children of Pierre POIRIER and Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE

Therese POIRIER

Born: 15 November 1781, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 26 April 1854, Montmagny, Canada East

Married: Joseph TETU 18 July 1797 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

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Birth — 1745
3 July 1745
Montmagny, 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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Elisabeth COUTURE dite BELLERIVE and Pierre POIRIER 23 January 1764, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

She was 18 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.

1781 Birth of Child
Therese POIRIER was born 15 November 1781, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

Elisabeth was 36 years old.

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 of Child
Therese POIRIER married 18 July 1797, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) to Joseph TETU

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.