Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE

(b. 22 August 1717 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1777 , Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE was born 22 August 1717 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of Alexandre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Jeanne PRIMEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Marthe THIBODEAU (maternal) François PRIMEAU and Marie-Thérèse DENEAU (DENIAU)

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Pierre married Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE 27 November 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE was born 20 March 1722 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Marie-Anne died 7 June 1798 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Marie-Anne was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER.

Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE died 6 June 1777 in Châteauguay, 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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Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE married

Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE-- Date: 27 November 1747 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

Children of Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE:

Pierre BOURCIER (b.7 October 1751, Châteauguay, Canada, New France d. 9 September 1813, Châteauguay, Lower Canada )
m. Felicite PARÉ 23 January 1775 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

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1717 Birth
22 August 1717
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1747 Marriage / Partner
Pierre BOURCIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne GAGNÉ dite BELLAVANCE 27 November 1747, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 30 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Pierre BOURCIER was born 7 October 1751, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Pierre was 34 years old.

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.

1775 Marriage of Child
Pierre BOURCIER married 23 January 1775, Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) to Felicite PARÉ

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.