Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD

(b. 28 November 1726 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1813 , Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )

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Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD was born 28 November 1726 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD was the child of Jacques BERNIER and Elisabeth GUAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BERNIER and Marie-Françoise BOULET (BOULAY) (maternal) Michel GUAY and Elisabeth-Louise ALBERT

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

Louis married Geneviève BOIVIN 19 January 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Geneviève BOIVIN was born 12 May 1725 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 29 August 1759 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Geneviève was the child of Jean-François BOIVIN and Angélique JOBIN.

Louis married (2) Marie Louise GIROUARD 31 March 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie Louise GIROUARD was born abt. 1739 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Louise died 28 November 1813 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Marie Louise was the child of Germain Jacques GIROUARD and Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU).

Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD died 22 November 1813 in Cap-St-Ignace, 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 BERNIER dit RIGAUD married

Geneviève BOIVIN-- Date: 19 January 1750 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Geneviève BOIVIN was the child of Jean-François BOIVIN and Angélique JOBIN

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Children of Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD and Geneviève BOIVIN:

Marie-Geneviève BERNIER (b.13 May 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1827, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Joseph-Marie BERNIER 7 February 1771 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis-Marie-Thomas BERNIER (b.3 June 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 13 January 1842, Lotbinière, Canada East )
m. Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS 24 January 1785 in Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada

Louis-Henri BERNIER (b.3 June 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charlotte MORIN 22 February 1773 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER (b.13 July 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Elisabeth CARON 7 April 1788 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

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Marie Louise GIROUARD-- Date: 31 March 1761 Place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada
Marie Louise GIROUARD was the child of Germain Jacques GIROUARD and Marie ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU)

Children of Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD and Marie Louise GIROUARD:

Geneviève BERNIER (b.25 January 1771, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 May 1799, L'Islet, Lower Canada )
m. François LANGELIER 1 October 1793 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

François-Marie BERNIER (b.11 February 1778, Cap-St-Ignace, Province of Québec, Canada d. 31 August 1820, Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise BERNIER 10 July 1798 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

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1726 Birth
28 November 1726
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD and Geneviève BOIVIN 19 January 1750, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 23 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Marie-Geneviève BERNIER was born 13 May 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 24 years old.

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

1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Henri BERNIER was born 3 June 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 28 years old.

1755 Birth of Child
Louis-Marie-Thomas BERNIER was born 3 June 1755, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 28 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER was born 13 July 1756, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 29 years old.

1759 Death of Spouse/Partner
Geneviève BOIVIN died 29 August 1759, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

1761 Marriage / Partner
Louis BERNIER dit RIGAUD and Marie Louise GIROUARD 31 March 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

He was 34 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.

1771 Birth of Child
Geneviève BERNIER was born 25 January 1771, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 44 years old.

1771 Marriage of Child
Marie-Geneviève BERNIER married 7 February 1771, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Joseph-Marie BERNIER

1773 Marriage of Child
Louis-Henri BERNIER married 22 February 1773, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada to Charlotte MORIN

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.

1778 Birth of Child
François-Marie BERNIER was born 11 February 1778, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Louis was 51 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Louis-Marie-Thomas BERNIER married 24 January 1785, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada to Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS

1788 Marriage of Child
Jacques-Bonaventure BERNIER married 7 April 1788, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours) to Marie-Elisabeth CARON

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

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

1793 Marriage of Child
Geneviève BERNIER married 1 October 1793, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to François LANGELIER

1798 Marriage of Child
François-Marie BERNIER married 10 July 1798, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Marie-Louise BERNIER

1799 Death of Child
Geneviève BERNIER died 13 May 1799, L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)

Louis was 72 years old.

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

1813 Death
22 November 1813
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 87.

Added: 4/16/2015 5:12:46 PM - Updated: 1/28/2025 1:10:06 PM