Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE

(b. 19 April 1735 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1768 , Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was born 19 April 1735 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE was the child of Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Josephte TOUTANT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE (maternal) Nicolas TOUTANT and Marie-Anne RAUX (RAOUL)

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Joseph married Marie-Louise HOUDE 13 November 1758 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . Marie-Louise HOUDE was born 28 February 1731 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Marie-Louise died 14 November 1783 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Louise was the child of Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Angélique HAMEL.

Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE died 12 April 1768 in Yamachiche, Province of 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-Louise HOUDE-- Date: 13 November 1758 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Marie-Louise HOUDE was the child of Louis HOUDE dit DESROCHERS and Marie-Angélique HAMEL

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1735 Birth
19 April 1735
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Marie-Louise HOUDE 13 November 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 23 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.