Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER

(b. 4 July 1745 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 22 November 1815 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER was born 4 July 1745 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER was the child of Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER and Charlotte-Victoire D'AMOURS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henri Jules LEFOURNIER and Madeleine-Therese GADOIS (maternal) Charles DAMOUR dit LOUVIÈRES and Marie Anne THIBODEAU

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Louis-Hector married Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS 9 January 1764 in Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 24 July 1743 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth died 10 November 1815 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth was the child of Louis ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Louise HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE.

Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER died 22 November 1815 in Montréal, 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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Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER married

Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS-- Date: 9 January 1764 Place: Lavaltrie, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Louis ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Louise HERVIEUX dite LESPÉRANCE

Children of Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER and Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS:

Marie-Louise LEFOURNIER dite DUVIVIER (b.10 February 1768, Lanoraie, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 April 1846, Lanoraie, Canada East )
m. Joseph PRUD'HOMME 12 November 1787 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

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1745 Birth
4 July 1745
Montréal, Canada, New France

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

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Louis-Hector LEFOURNIER dit DUVIVIER and Marie-Françoise-Elisabeth ROY dite DESJARDINS 9 January 1764, Lavaltrie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine)

He was 18 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise LEFOURNIER dite DUVIVIER was born 10 February 1768, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie)

Louis-Hector was 22 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)

1787 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise LEFOURNIER dite DUVIVIER married 12 November 1787, Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie) to Joseph PRUD'HOMME

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)