Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE

(b. 18 September 1765 , Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. 16 September 1799 , Yamaska, Lower Canada )

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Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE was born 18 September 1765 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE was the child of Claude TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE and Marie-Louise JOYAL and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean JOYAL and Thérèse GAGNÉ dite POITEVIN

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

Michel married Anne BROUILLARD 9 January 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne BROUILLARD was born 23 November 1770 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Anne died 24 January 1810 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLARD and Therese BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE.

Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE died 16 September 1799 in Yamaska, 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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Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE married

Anne BROUILLARD-- Date: 9 January 1792 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada
Anne BROUILLARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BROUILLARD and Therese BADAILLAC dite LAPLANTE

Children of Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE and Anne BROUILLARD:

Marie-Anne TOUVELIN dite LARIVIERE (b.11 April 1793, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 7 April 1840, Saint-David, Lower Canada )
m. Augustin LAMBERT 5 November 1810 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1765 Birth
18 September 1765
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada

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

1792 Marriage / Partner
Michel TOUVELIN dit LARIVIERE and Anne BROUILLARD 9 January 1792, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

He was 26 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1793 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TOUVELIN dite LARIVIERE was born 11 April 1793, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Michel was 27 years old.