Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT

(b. 21 December 1779 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada d. 4 July 1815 , Varennes, Lower Canada )

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Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT was born 21 December 1779 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT was the child of Christophe LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT and Marie-Madeleine HAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) (maternal) Louis HAMEL and Madeleine CHARBONNEAU

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Jacques married Marie-Julie BOUSQUET 7 November 1803 in Varennes, Lower Canada . Marie-Julie BOUSQUET was born 3 May 1775 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Julie died 12 April 1822 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie-Julie was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER.

Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT died 4 July 1815 in Varennes, 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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Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT married

Marie-Julie BOUSQUET-- Date: 7 November 1803 Place: Varennes, Lower Canada
Marie-Julie BOUSQUET was the child of Nicolas-Jean-Baptiste BOUSQUET and Marie-Charlotte MESSIER

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1779 Birth
21 December 1779
Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

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

1803 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LAVIGNE dit BRISETOUT and Marie-Julie BOUSQUET 7 November 1803, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

He was 23 years old.