Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE

(b. 17 January 1717 , Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France d. 14 August 1771 , Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE was born 17 January 1717 in Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE was the child of Pierre GOUR dit LAVIGNE and Catherine RICHAUME and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques RICHAUME dit PETRUS and Marguerite GRATIOT (GRACIOT)

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

Marie-Pierre married Joseph SAULQUIN dit ST-JOSEPH 10 April 1736 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph SAULQUIN dit ST-JOSEPH was born 21 March 1696 in Loches, St-Ours, Indre-et-Loire, France.

Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE died 14 August 1771 in Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Saulquin Joseph

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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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Family and Children of Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE

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Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE married

Joseph SAULQUIN dit ST-JOSEPH-- Date: 10 April 1736 Place: Repentigny, Canada, New France

Children of Joseph SAULQUIN dit ST-JOSEPH and Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE:

Marie-Anne SAULQUIN (b.21 July 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jacques TESSIER 17 October 1757 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

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1717 Birth
17 January 1717
Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France

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

1736 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Pierre GOUR dite LAVIGNE and Joseph SAULQUIN dit ST-JOSEPH 10 April 1736, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

She was 19 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SAULQUIN was born 21 July 1737, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Pierre was 20 years old.

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne SAULQUIN married 17 October 1757, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Jacques TESSIER

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.