Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE

(b. 16 February 1803 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 15 April 1872 , Yamaska, Québec, Canada )

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Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was born 16 February 1803 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE was the child of Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marguerite LASALLE dite TALUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph FOURQUIN dit LÉVEILLÉ and Marie-Anne GIGUERE (maternal) Pierre LASALLE dit TALUSSIER and Veronique DALPE dite MONTOUR

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

Marie married Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR 4 February 1828 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR was born 1 April 1799 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louis-Joseph died 14 July 1834 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Louis-Joseph was the child of Joseph-Marie GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR and Marie-Catherine-Agnes PELISSIER.

Marie married (2) Narcisse LAVEAU 9 April 1839 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . Narcisse LAVEAU was born 11 October 1809 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Narcisse died 2 July 1890 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Narcisse was the child of Joseph LAVEAU and Marie DUMAS.

Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE died 15 April 1872 in Yamaska, 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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Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE married

Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR-- Date: 4 February 1828 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR was the child of Joseph-Marie GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR and Marie-Catherine-Agnes PELISSIER

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Children of Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR and Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE:

Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR (b.9 March 1828, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 6 August 1900, Yamaska, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Olive FOURQUIN 8 February 1853 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Roch TONNANCOUR (TENANCOUR) (b.25 August 1832, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 11 June 1910, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA )
m. Adeline PARENT 17 July 1854

Marie-Elèonore TONNANCOUR (b.19 October 1833, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 15 July 1834, Yamaska, Lower Canada )

Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE married

Narcisse LAVEAU-- Date: 9 April 1839 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Narcisse LAVEAU was the child of Joseph LAVEAU and Marie DUMAS

Marie's second marriage was to Narcisse LAVEAU , son of Joseph LAVEAU & Marie DUMAS on 9 April 1839 in St-Michel. Narcise was born on 11 October 1809 in Immaculée-Conceptioin, Trois-Rivières, Québec. Marie died on 15 April 1872 in St-Michel d'Yamaska. Narcise died on 2 July 1890 in St-Michel d'Yamaska, Québec.

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1803 Birth
16 February 1803
Yamaska, Lower Canada

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

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)

1828 Marriage / Partner
Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE and Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR 4 February 1828, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 24 years old.

1828 Birth of Child
Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR was born 9 March 1828, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 25 years old.

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

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1832 Birth of Child
Roch TONNANCOUR (TENANCOUR) was born 25 August 1832, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 29 years old.

1833 Birth of Child
Marie-Elèonore TONNANCOUR was born 19 October 1833, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 30 years old.

1834 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis-Joseph GODEFROY DE TONNANCOUR died 14 July 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

1834 Death of Child
Marie-Elèonore TONNANCOUR died 15 July 1834, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie was 31 years old.

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)

1839 Marriage / Partner
Marie FOURQUIN dite LEVEILLE and Narcisse LAVEAU 9 April 1839, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 36 years old.

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)

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

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

1853 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Godefroy TONNANCOUR married 8 February 1853, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska) to Marie-Olive FOURQUIN

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

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

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

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

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.