Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born

12 October 1821 , L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Died

2 September 1884 , Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC)Marguerite GIROUX

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Born: 12 October 1821 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Father: Alexis CYRIAC (TIRIAC)

Mother: Marguerite GIROUX

Paternal grandparents: Pierre-Francois-Xavier THIRIAC dit LAFOREST , Victoire-Charlotte PIVERT dite PARISIEN

Maternal grandparents: Gabriel GIROUX , Marguerite ST-YVES

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Michel married Flavie MORIN 23 November 1847 in Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Flavie MORIN was born 22 September 1826 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Flavie was the child of Joseph MORIN and Flavie BECHARD.

Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) died 2 September 1884 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, 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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Spouse & Children of Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

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Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) married

Flavie MORIN
Marriage date: 23 November 1847
Marriage place: Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Flavie MORIN was the child of Joseph MORIN and Flavie BECHARD

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Children of Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) and Flavie MORIN

Hermine TIRIAC

Born: 19 August 1848, L'Acadie, Canada East
Died: ,

Michel TIRIAC

Born: 28 January 1850, L'Acadie, Canada East
Died: 1 February 1850, L'Acadie, Canada East

Marceline RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC)

Born: 7 January 1851, L'Acadie, Canada East
Died: abt. 1941, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Cyrille (Michel Cyrille Agapit) DESMARAIS 23 August 1874 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Michel-Clement CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born: 23 November 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Canada East
Died: 15 June 1896, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Edouard CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born: 23 September 1854, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 8 July 1938, Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Melvina LORANGER 19 September 1881 Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton)

Leon A RAPANAULT

Born: 1 June 1857, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: abt. 1922, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Ozina (Rosana) DESMARAIS 1882

Jean Baptiste RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC)

Born: 12 April 1858, Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: 16 October 1944, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA

Married: Philomene BEAUDOUIN 26 July 1881 Place: Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville)

Marie-Armeline THIRIAC

Born: 4 November 1859, Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: ,

Marie-Delphine CYRIAC dite RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born: 25 August 1861, Saint-Luc, Canada East
Died: 21 December 1943, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Married: Cyrille BOUDREAU 4 November 1879 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

Joseph CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born: abt. 1863, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Vincelas RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC)

Born: abt. 1867, , Connecticut, USA
Died: 18 December 1895, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Roseanne CYRIAC dite RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC)

Born: April 1869, , Connecticut, USA
Died: ,

Married: Joseph BRAULT 27 May 1890 Place: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester)

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Birth — 1821
12 October 1821
L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) - Baptism

Baptism

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1847 Marriage / Partner
Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) and Flavie MORIN 23 November 1847, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

Michel CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) - 1847 marriage

1847 marriage

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1848 Birth of Child
Hermine TIRIAC was born 19 August 1848, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Michel was 26 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1850 Birth of Child
Michel TIRIAC was born 28 January 1850, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Michel was 28 years old.

1851 - L'Acadie, Quebec
Name: Michel Tiriac
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: L'Acadie
Born of Canadian Parents: Yes
Province: Canada East (Quebec)
District: Huntingdon County
District Number: 10
Sub-District: L'acadie
Sub-District Number: 151
Household Members:
Name Age
Michel Tiriac 33

1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
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1851 Birth of Child
Marceline RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC) was born 7 January 1851, L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie)

Michel was 29 years old.

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1852 Birth of Child
Michel-Clement CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was born 23 November 1852, Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Québec, Canada

Michel was 31 years old.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1854 Birth of Child
Edouard CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was born 23 September 1854, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Michel was 32 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Leon A RAPANAULT was born 1 June 1857, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Michel was 35 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1858 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC) was born 12 April 1858, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Michel was 36 years old.

1859 Birth of Child
Marie-Armeline THIRIAC was born 4 November 1859, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Michel was 38 years old.

1861 - St Luc, St Jean, Quebec
Name: Michel Tyuse
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Birth Year: 1825
Birthplace: Lower Canada
Marital Status: Married
Home in 1861: St Jean, Canada East
Religion: Roman Catholic
Film Number: C-1320-1322
Household Members:
Name Age
Michel Tyuse 36

Michel Tyriac, 36
Flavie Morin, 33
Hermeine Tyriac, 13
Marcelline Tyriac, 11
Clement Tyriac, 8
Edouard Tyriac, 6
Leon Tyraic, 4
Jean Baptiste Tyraic, 3
Armeline Tyriac, 2
1861 Canadian Census
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1861 Birth of Child
Marie-Delphine CYRIAC dite RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was born 25 August 1861, Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

Michel was 39 years old.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.

1867 - July 1 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 Birth of Child
Roseanne CYRIAC dite RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) was born April 1869, , Connecticut, USA

Michel was 47 years old.

1870 - Plainfield, Connecticut
Name: Mitchel Rappencan
Age in 1870: 46
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Canada
Dwelling Number: 572
Home in 1870: Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Father of Foreign Birth: Y
Mother of Foreign Birth: Y
Cannot Read: Y
Cannot Write: Y
Disability Condition: Y
Inferred Spouse: Fluvia Rappencan
Inferred Children: Almina Rappencan
Marcelena Rappencan
Clement Rappencan
Edward Rappencan
Louis Rappencan
John Rappencan
Josephinn Rappencan
Joseph Rappencan
Vancelos Rappencan
Rosanna Rappencan
Household Members:
Name Age
Mitchel Rappencan 46
Fluvia Rappencan 43
Almina Rappencan 22
Marcelena Rappencan 19
Clement Rappencan 17
Edward Rappencan 15
Louis Rappencan 13
John Rappencan 11
Josephinn Rappencan 9
Joseph Rappencan 7
Vancelos Rappencan 3
Rosanna Rappencan 1/ 12

1870 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
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1873 - November 7 - Alexander Mackenzie becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1874 Marriage of Child
Marceline RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC) married 23 August 1874, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Cyrille (Michel Cyrille Agapit) DESMARAIS

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1878 - October 17 - John A. Macdonald becomes Prime Minister of Canada

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1879 Marriage of Child
Marie-Delphine CYRIAC dite RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) married 4 November 1879, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (St-Johns) (Dorchester) to Cyrille BOUDREAU

1881 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste RAPANAULT (CYRIAC) (SYRIAC) (THIRIAC) married 26 July 1881, Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA (Globe) (Lensdale) (Saundersdale) (Shuttleville) to Philomene BEAUDOUIN

1881 Marriage of Child
Edouard CYRIAC dit RAPONNEAU (TIRIAC) married 19 September 1881, Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (East Taunton) to Melvina LORANGER