Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE

(b. abt. 1738 , Québec Province, Canada d. 16 February 1818 , Maskinongé, Lower Canada )

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Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada

Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE was the child of René LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Madeleine GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Pierre GÉLINAS dit LACOURSE and Madeleine BOURBEAU

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

Alexis married Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER 27 January 1766 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER was born 23 June 1742 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Angelique died 24 August 1808 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph). Angelique was the child of Alexis-Sébastien PROVENCHER and Angélique-Marie LEBLANC.

Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE died 16 February 1818 in Maskinongé, 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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Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE married

Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER-- Date: 27 January 1766 Place: Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada
Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER was the child of Alexis-Sébastien PROVENCHER and Angélique-Marie LEBLANC

Children of Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER:

Angelique LEMIRE dite GONNEVILLE (b.4 January 1773, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 August 1826, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Amable PINARD dit RAICHE 10 February 1795 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

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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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Alexis LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Angelique PROVENCHER dite BEAULORIER 27 January 1766, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)

1773 Birth of Child
Angelique LEMIRE dite GONNEVILLE was born 4 January 1773, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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)

1795 Marriage of Child
Angelique LEMIRE dite GONNEVILLE married 10 February 1795, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Amable PINARD dit RAICHE

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