Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU

(b. 10 June 1750 , Yamaska, Canada, New France d. 21 July 1821 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU was born 10 June 1750 in Yamaska, Canada, New France

Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU was the child of Joseph DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Catherine PLANTE dite PATENAUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) René DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marguerite FORCIER (maternal) Louis PLANTE and Angélique PATENAUDE

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Louis-Laurent married Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD 23 February 1778 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD was born 27 June 1750 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josephe died 1 August 1828 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marie-Josephe was the child of Joseph FORVILLE dit PAPINEAU and Marie-Louise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS.

Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU died 21 July 1821 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .

m. Cartier Marie-Elisabeth
m. Forville Marie-Josephe

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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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Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU married

Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD-- Date: 23 February 1778 Place: Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD was the child of Joseph FORVILLE dit PAPINEAU and Marie-Louise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAIS

Children of Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD:

Louis DANIS (b.abt. 1780, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Marguerite DANIS (b.17 July 1780, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 July 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU (b.14 June 1782, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 May 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Marie-Louise DANIS (b.14 March 1784, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph JOYAL dit LAFRENIERE 11 September 1820 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel DANIS (b.15 August 1793, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 24 January 1849, Saint-David, Canada East )

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1750 Birth
10 June 1750
Yamaska, 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.

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.

1778 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD 23 February 1778, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 27 years old.

1780 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite DANIS was born 17 July 1780, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 30 years old.

1782 Birth of Child
Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU was born 14 June 1782, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 32 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise DANIS was born 14 March 1784, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 33 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1793 Birth of Child
Michel DANIS was born 15 August 1793, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Louis-Laurent was 43 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1820 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise DANIS married 11 September 1820 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Joseph JOYAL dit LAFRENIERE