Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR

(b. 20 May 1811 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 11 January 1857 , Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Canada East )

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Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR was born 20 May 1811 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR was the child of Amable GERARD dit LAFLEUR and Archange BADAILLAC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel GIRARD dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Geneviève FORCIER (maternal) Pierre-Joseph BADAILLAC dit LAPLANTE (BADAYAC) and Marie-Anne ROBIDOU (ROBIDOUX)

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

Marie-Anne married Alexis COTNOIR 10 January 1826 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Alexis COTNOIR was born abt. 1804 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Alexis was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Elisabeth CANTARA.

Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR died 11 January 1857 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, 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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Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR married

Alexis COTNOIR-- Date: 10 January 1826 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Alexis COTNOIR was the child of Antoine COTNOIR and Elisabeth CANTARA

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Children of Alexis COTNOIR and Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR:

Sophie COTNOIR (b.abt. 1842, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jacques RENAUD dit LOCAS 8 October 1860 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada
m. Antoine LARCHEVEQUE 8 September 1863 in Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada

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1811 Birth
20 May 1811
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Anne GIRARD dite LAFLEUR and Alexis COTNOIR 10 January 1826, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 14 years old.