Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE

(b. 1 August 1738 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 19 March 1825 , Joliette, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born 1 August 1738 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was the child of Louis TESSIER and Louise PEPIN dite LAFORCE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie Catherine POITIERS dite BUISSON (maternal) Pierre PÉPIN dit LAFORCE and Michelle LEBER

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

Marie-Amable married Joseph-Amable MARCIL 11 October 1762 in Boucherville, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Amable MARCIL was born 30 March 1730 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Joseph-Amable was the child of André MARCIL (MARSIL) and Marie-Catherine CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR.

Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE died 19 March 1825 in Joliette, 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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Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE married

Joseph-Amable MARCIL-- Date: 11 October 1762 Place: Boucherville, Canada
Joseph-Amable MARCIL was the child of André MARCIL (MARSIL) and Marie-Catherine CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR

Children of Joseph-Amable MARCIL and Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE:

Joseph MARCIL dit LESPAGNOL (b.18 November 1772, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada d. 7 March 1827, Joliette, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite NADEAU 8 January 1798 in Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie)

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1738 Birth
1 August 1738
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Amable TESSIER dite LAVIGNE and Joseph-Amable MARCIL 11 October 1762, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 24 years old.

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.

1772 Birth of Child
Joseph MARCIL dit LESPAGNOL was born 18 November 1772, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Marie-Amable was 34 years old.

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)

1798 Marriage of Child
Joseph MARCIL dit LESPAGNOL married 8 January 1798, Joliette, Québec, Canada (Industry Village) (Saint-Charles-Borromée) (Saint-Paul-de-Lavaltrie) to Marguerite NADEAU

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)