Louis CHEVALIER
Born: 29 January 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 December 1826, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 6 December 1826, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Marguerite
CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE
Born
18 October 1753
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
Died
3 June 1812
,
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
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Marguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE married Louis CHEVALIER
Marriage date: 23 April 1770
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Louis CHEVALIER was the child of Jean-Alexis CHEVALIER and Geneviève GODBOUT
Louis CHEVALIERMarriage date: 23 April 1770
Marriage place: Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Louis CHEVALIER was the child of Jean-Alexis CHEVALIER and Geneviève GODBOUT
Children of Louis CHEVALIER and Marguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE
Marie-Geneviève CHEVALIER
Born: 2 September 1774, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 6 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Died: 6 March 1842, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East
Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER
Born: 5 April 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
Died: 15 March 1828, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 175318 October 1753
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France
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Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes (Collection Tanguay), Québec, 1608 à 1890
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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.
1770 Marriage / PartnerMarguerite CHEVREFILS dite BELISLE and Louis CHEVALIER 23 April 1770, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
She was 16 years old.
1772 Birth of ChildLouis CHEVALIER was born 29 January 1772, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 18 years old.
1774 Birth of ChildMarie-Geneviève CHEVALIER was born 2 September 1774, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 20 years old.
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 Birth of ChildMarguerite CHEVALIER was born 4 November 1776, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 23 years old.
1778 Birth of ChildMarguerite CHEVALIER was born 3 July 1778, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 24 years old.
1781 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste CHEVALIER was born 5 April 1781, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 27 years old.
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 Canada1794 Birth of ChildCatherine CHEVALIER was born 4 May 1794, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre)
Marguerite was 40 years old.
Death — 18123 June 1812
Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada
She died at the age of 58.
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