Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Born

11 March 1743 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Died

5 May 1798 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Augustin married Françoise GAUTHIER 18 January 1765 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise GAUTHIER was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada. Françoise died 27 May 1773 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Françoise was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Jeanne FOUCHER (FAUCHER) .

Augustin married Geneviève GREGOIRE 30 June 1779 in Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada .
Geneviève GREGOIRE was born 8 November 1752 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . Geneviève died 16 June 1835 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada . Geneviève was the child of Jean-François-Augustin GREGOIRE and Marie-Louise ROUTIER (ROUTHIER) .

Parents & Family of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Parents of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Father

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Mother

Marie-Josephte TOUTANT

Grandparents of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Paternal grandparents

Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE

Maternal grandparents

Nicolas TOUTANT Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married

Françoise GAUTHIER
Marriage date: 18 January 1765
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Françoise GAUTHIER was the child of Joseph GAUTHIER and Marie-Jeanne FOUCHER (FAUCHER)

Children of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Françoise GAUTHIER

Françoise RIVARD dite DUFRESNE

Born: abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles CARON 24 February 1794 Place: Yamachiche, Lower Canada

Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE married

Geneviève GREGOIRE
Marriage date: 30 June 1779
Marriage place: Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève GREGOIRE was the child of Jean-François-Augustin GREGOIRE and Marie-Louise ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

Children of Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Geneviève GREGOIRE

No children are currently listed for this couple.

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Augustin's Québec records.

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 — 1743
11 March 1743
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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

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.

1765 Marriage / Partner
Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Françoise GAUTHIER 18 January 1765 , , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 21 years old.

1773 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise GAUTHIER died 27 May 1773, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
Augustin RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Geneviève GREGOIRE 30 June 1779, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 36 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 Canada

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Françoise RIVARD dite DUFRESNE married 24 February 1794 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada to Charles CARON

Death — 1798
5 May 1798
Yamachiche, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 55.

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