Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD

(b. 6 October 1824 , Louiseville, Lower Canada d. 23 June 1887 , Shawinigan, Québec, Canada )

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Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD was born 6 October 1824 in Louiseville, Lower Canada

Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD was the child of Alexis RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Rose PICHET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Claude-Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIERE and Marie-Felicite CADOT (maternal) Francois PICHET and Marie-Victoire HEBERT

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

Ignace married Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE 15 September 1846 in Louiseville, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE was born 2 November 1823 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Aurelie died 8 May 1892 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada (St-Boniface-de-Shawinigan). Aurelie was the child of Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE and Marguerite DESROSIERS.

Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD died 23 June 1887 in Shawinigan, 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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Family and Children of Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD

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Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD married

Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE-- Date: 15 September 1846 Place: Louiseville, Canada East
Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE was the child of Charles GERBEAU dit BELLEGARDE and Marguerite DESROSIERS

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Children of Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD and Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE:

Azilda LACOURSIÈRE (b.6 April 1857, Ste-Ursule, Quebec, Canada d. 3 March 1898, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada )
m. Onesime LAFRENIERE 12 February 1872 in Shawinigan, Québec, Canada (St-Boniface-de-Shawinigan)

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1824 Birth
6 October 1824
Louiseville, Lower Canada

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage / Partner
Ignace LACOURSIÈRE dit RIVARD and Aurelie GERBEAU dite BELLEGARDE 15 September 1846, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

He was 21 years old.

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1857 Birth of Child
Azilda LACOURSIÈRE was born 6 April 1857, Ste-Ursule, Quebec, Canada

Ignace was 32 years old.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.