Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

(b. 21 March 1771 , Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada d. 6 September 1834 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 21 March 1771 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was the child of Daniel BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marguerite NEVEU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Charlotte CHARLES dite LAJEUNESSE (maternal) Louis NEVEU (NEPVEU) and Marie-Anne BOURDET

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Charles married Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE 18 June 1798 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was born 30 August 1775 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Marguerite died 2 May 1852 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Saint-Gregoire-le-Grand). Marguerite was the child of Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CUSSON.

Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS died 6 September 1834 in Marieville, Rouville, 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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Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS married

Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE-- Date: 18 June 1798 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE was the child of Louis ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CUSSON

Children of Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE:

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS (b.25 February 1806, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada d. 26 August 1870, Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada )
m. Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE 21 July 1829 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1771 Birth
21 March 1771
Chambly, 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)

1798 Marriage / Partner
Charles BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marguerite ROBERT dite LAFONTAINE 18 June 1798, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

He was 27 years old.

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

1806 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 25 February 1806, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Charles was 34 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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

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)

1829 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS married 21 July 1829, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Francoise BAILLON dite LACOUTURE

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England