Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Born

2 February 1722 , Champlain, Canada, New France

Died

8 November 1807 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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François RIVARD dit LAVIGNE Marie-Madeleine TURCOT

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Born: 2 February 1722 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Father: François RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine TURCOT

Paternal grandparents: Pierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE , Marie-Catherine TROTTIER

Maternal grandparents: Jacques TURCOT (TURCOTTE) , Marie-Anne DESROSIERS

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Pierre married Agathe VAILLANT 7 January 1754 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Agathe VAILLANT was born 17 April 1728 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Agathe died 21 September 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Agathe was the child of Pierre-René VAILLANT and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE.

Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 8 November 1807 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married

Agathe VAILLANT
Marriage date: 7 January 1754
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Agathe VAILLANT was the child of Pierre-René VAILLANT and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER dite LANDREVILLE

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Agathe RIVARD dite LAVIGNE

Born: 30 May 1756, L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Died: 17 May 1837, Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Lower Canada

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Birth — 1722
2 February 1722
Champlain, Canada, New France

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

1754 Marriage / Partner
Pierre RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Agathe VAILLANT 7 January 1754, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

He was 31 years old.

1756 Birth of Child
Agathe RIVARD dite LAVIGNE was born 30 May 1756, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Pierre 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.

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.

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

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

1801 Death of Spouse/Partner
Agathe VAILLANT died 21 September 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

Death — 1807
8 November 1807
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 85.

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