Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

(b. June 1709 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 January 1793 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born June 1709 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was the child of Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERE (maternal) Pierre-Felix THUNAY (TUNÉ) dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

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

Joseph married Marie-Josephte TOUTANT 10 November 1732 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Josephte TOUTANT was born 5 May 1702 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation). Marie-Josephte died 27 October 1778 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marie-Josephte was the child of Nicolas TOUTANT and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL).

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE died 24 January 1793 in Yamachiche, 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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Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married

Marie-Josephte TOUTANT-- Date: 10 November 1732 Place: Champlain, Canada, New France
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Marie-Josephte TOUTANT was the child of Nicolas TOUTANT and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation, Batiscan, Champlain, Quebec

Children of Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte TOUTANT:

Josephte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE (b.29 August 1733, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1776, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis HOUDE 13 November 1758 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
m. Francois FRECHET 3 June 1764 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE (b.19 April 1735, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1768, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise HOUDE 13 November 1758 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Michel RIVARD dit DUFRESNE (b.31 March 1738, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 21 April 1802, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Felicite MELANSON 1 February 1761 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)
m. Anastasie COMEAU 10 July 1769 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE (b.11 March 1743, Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 5 May 1798, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Françoise GAUTHIER 18 January 1765 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Geneviève GREGOIRE 30 June 1779 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1709 Birth
June 1709
Québec Province, Canada

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte TOUTANT 10 November 1732, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

He was 23 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Josephte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE was born 29 August 1733, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 24 years old.

1735 Birth of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born 19 April 1735, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 25 years old.

1738 Birth of Child
Michel RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born 31 March 1738, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 28 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born 11 March 1743, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 33 years old.

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

1758 Marriage of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 13 November 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Marie-Louise HOUDE

1758 Marriage of Child
Josephte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE married 13 November 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Louis HOUDE

1761 Marriage of Child
Michel RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 1 February 1761, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Marie-Felicite MELANSON

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Josephte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE married 3 June 1764, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Francois FRECHET

1765 Marriage of Child
Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 18 January 1765 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Françoise GAUTHIER

1768 Death of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE died 12 April 1768, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 58 years old.

1769 Marriage of Child
Michel RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 10 July 1769, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to Anastasie COMEAU

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.

1776 Death of Child
Josephte RIVARD dite BELLEFEUILLE died 17 March 1776, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

Joseph was 66 years old.

1778 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Josephte TOUTANT died 27 October 1778, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

1779 Marriage of Child
Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married 30 June 1779, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Geneviève GREGOIRE

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

1793 Death
24 January 1793
Yamachiche, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 83.

Added: 4/20/2015 7:33:22 PM - Updated: 10/2/2020 12:18:44 PM