Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

Born

7 August 1735 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

30 December 1802 , Lachine, Montréal, Lower Canada

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Louis TESSIER Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE

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Born: 7 August 1735 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Louis TESSIER

Mother: Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE

Paternal grandparents: Jean TESSIER dit LAVIGNE , Marie Catherine POITIERS dite BUISSON

Maternal grandparents: Pierre PÉPIN dit LAFORCE , Michelle LEBER

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Louis married Marguerite-Amable ROY 19 October 1761 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Amable ROY was born 24 August 1739 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marguerite-Amable died 24 June 1817 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Marguerite-Amable was the child of Francois ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Angelique BRAULT.

Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 30 December 1802 in Lachine, Montréal, 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

Marguerite-Amable ROY
Marriage date: 19 October 1761
Marriage place: Lachine, Montréal, Canada
Marguerite-Amable ROY was the child of Francois ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Angelique BRAULT

Children of Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite-Amable ROY

Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

Born: 26 March 1772, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: George Adam DOCKSTEADER (DEXTRADEUR) 3 February 1791 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Birth — 1735
7 August 1735
Montréal, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marguerite-Amable ROY 19 October 1761, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

He was 26 years old.

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.

1772 Birth of Child
Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 26 March 1772, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Louis was 36 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.

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

1791 Marriage of Child
Ursule TESSIER dite LAVIGNE married 3 February 1791, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to George Adam DOCKSTEADER (DEXTRADEUR)

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

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