Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE

(b. 10 June 1766 , Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada d. 15 December 1840 , Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada )

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Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE was born 10 June 1766 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada

Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE was the child of Jean GAGNON and Marie-Angelique LEBEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean GAGNON and Geneviève GAMACHE (maternal) Nicolas LEBEL and Marie-Françoise MIGNEAULT (MIGNAULT)

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

Alexandre married Charlotte PLOURDE 28 July 1794 in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charlotte PLOURDE was born 24 July 1774 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte died 8 July 1829 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Charlotte was the child of Denis PLOURDE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET.

Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE died 15 December 1840 in Rivière-Ouelle, 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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Family and Children of Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE

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Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE married

Charlotte PLOURDE-- Date: 28 July 1794 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada
Charlotte PLOURDE was the child of Denis PLOURDE and Marie-Claudette-Charlotte OUELLET

Children of Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Charlotte PLOURDE:

Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE (b.2 June 1816, Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada d. 9 May 1894, Québec, Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Julie-Monique HIANVEU dite LAFRANCE 15 September 1840 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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1766 Birth
10 June 1766
Rivière-Ouelle, 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

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

1794 Marriage / Partner
Alexandre GAGNON dit BELIZLE and Charlotte PLOURDE 28 July 1794, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

He was 28 years old.

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

1816 Birth of Child
Joseph GAGNON dit BELIZLE was born 2 June 1816, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Alexandre was 50 years old.

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