Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST

Born

30 September 1763 , La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

21 April 1845 , Batiscan, Canada East

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Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST Marie-Anne DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF

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Born: 30 September 1763 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST

Mother: Marie-Anne DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF

Paternal grandparents: Mathieu ROUILLARD , Marie-Anne LEMAY

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF , Marie-Madeleine RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

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Ignace married Genevieve PEPIN 7 September 1792 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve PEPIN was born 15 September 1758 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Genevieve died 20 May 1839 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Genevieve was the child of Pierre PEPIN and Marie-Anne-Josephte SAUCIER.

Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST died 21 April 1845 in Batiscan, Canada East .
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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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Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST married

Genevieve PEPIN
Marriage date: 7 September 1792
Marriage place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Genevieve PEPIN was the child of Pierre PEPIN and Marie-Anne-Josephte SAUCIER

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Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST

Born: 23 September 1789, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 1 August 1856, Trois-Rivières, Canada East

Married: Joseph BARIL 12 July 1813 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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Birth — 1763
30 September 1763
La-Pérade, 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)

1789 Birth of Child
Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST was born 23 September 1789, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Ignace was 26 years old.

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST and Genevieve PEPIN 7 September 1792, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 28 years old.

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

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

1813 Marriage of Child
Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST married 12 July 1813, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Joseph BARIL

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