Louis RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE

(b. 4 June 1765 , Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1826 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Louis RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE was born 4 June 1765 in Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada

Louis RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE was the child of Luc-Antoine RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Genevieve BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Geneviève CHAINE (CHESNE) (maternal) François-Michel BRISSON and Marguerite PERRAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Marie-Catherine LEVITRE 16 July 1786 in Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Catherine LEVITRE was born 13 May 1770 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Marie-Catherine died abt. 1812 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Catherine was the child of François-Xavier LEVITRE and Marie-Catherine ANGERS dite LEFEBVRE.

Louis RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE died abt. 1826 in Québec Province, 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 RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE married

Marie-Catherine LEVITRE-- Date: 16 July 1786 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Catherine LEVITRE was the child of François-Xavier LEVITRE and Marie-Catherine ANGERS dite LEFEBVRE

Children of Louis RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Catherine LEVITRE:

Julie RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE (b.29 April 1791, Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada d. , )
m. François THIFFAULT 15 February 1808 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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1765 Birth
4 June 1765
Batiscan, 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 RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Marie-Catherine LEVITRE 16 July 1786, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 21 years old.

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

1791 Birth of Child
Julie RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE was born 29 April 1791, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Louis was 25 years old.

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

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

1808 Marriage of Child
Julie RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE married 15 February 1808, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to François THIFFAULT

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