Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST

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23 September 1789 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

1 August 1856 , Trois-Rivières, Canada East

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Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST Genevieve PEPIN

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Born: 23 September 1789 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST

Mother: Genevieve PEPIN

Paternal grandparents: Ignace ROUILLARD dit PRONOVOST , Marie-Anne DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF

Maternal grandparents: Pierre PEPIN , Marie-Anne-Josephte SAUCIER

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Genevieve married Joseph BARIL 12 July 1813 in Batiscan, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BARIL was born 19 March 1795 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Joseph was the child of Michel BARIL and Marie-Josephte BARIBEAU.

Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST died 1 August 1856 in Trois-Rivières, 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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Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST married

Joseph BARIL
Marriage date: 12 July 1813
Marriage place: Batiscan, Lower Canada
Joseph BARIL was the child of Michel BARIL and Marie-Josephte BARIBEAU

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Children of Joseph BARIL and Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST

Joseph BARIL

Born: 22 June 1817, Batiscan, Lower Canada
Died: 17 June 1889, Saint-Tite-des-Caps, Québec, Canada

Married: Rose ROUSSEAU 9 May 1842 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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Birth — 1789
23 September 1789
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada

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

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

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Genevieve ROUILLARD dite PRONOVOST and Joseph BARIL 12 July 1813, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

She was 23 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Birth of Child
Joseph BARIL was born 22 June 1817, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Genevieve was 27 years old.

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1842 Marriage of Child
Joseph BARIL married 9 May 1842, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Rose ROUSSEAU

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.