Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT

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6 September 1758 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Died

6 October 1821 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

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Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE

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Born: 6 September 1758 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Father: Bonaventure BOURGAULT dit LACROIX

Mother: Angelique VARIN dite LAPISTOLE

Paternal grandparents: Seraphin BOURGAULT dit LACROIX , Angélique BRUNET

Maternal grandparents: Nicolas VARIN dit LAPISTOLE , Angélique DEMERS (DUMAIS)

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Rene-Pierre married Marie-Josephe MARCOUX 3 April 1780 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephe MARCOUX was born 24 July 1761 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Josephe died 4 May 1797 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph-Marie MARCOUX and Marguerite EMERY dite CODERRE.

Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT died 6 October 1821 in Saint-Ours, 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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Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT married

Marie-Josephe MARCOUX
Marriage date: 3 April 1780
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe MARCOUX was the child of Joseph-Marie MARCOUX and Marguerite EMERY dite CODERRE

Children of Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT and Marie-Josephe MARCOUX

Antoine LACROIX dit BOURGAULT

Born: 15 September 1792, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: 28 June 1832, Saint-Jude, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne GIROUARD 30 September 1816 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1758
6 September 1758
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

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.

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.

1780 Marriage / Partner
Rene-Pierre LACROIX dit BOURGAULT and Marie-Josephe MARCOUX 3 April 1780, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 21 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

1792 Birth of Child
Antoine LACROIX dit BOURGAULT was born 15 September 1792, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Rene-Pierre was 34 years old.

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

1797 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephe MARCOUX died 4 May 1797, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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

1816 Marriage of Child
Antoine LACROIX dit BOURGAULT married 30 September 1816, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Anne GIROUARD

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

Death — 1821
6 October 1821
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 63.

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