Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE

(b. 20 April 1795 , Beloeil, Lower Canada d. 28 December 1844 , Saint-Hugues, Canada East )

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Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE was born 20 April 1795 in Beloeil, Lower Canada

Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE was the child of Joseph-Girouard VILLEMAIRE and Marie Apolline LIVERNOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre DROUARD dit VILLEMAIRE and Marie-Françoise CATUDAL dite ST JEAN (maternal) Francois BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Marie-Angelique GIPOULOU (GIBOULEAU) dite LAFLEUR

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Apolline married Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 11 February 1817 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 2 November 1793 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Andre died 24 January 1877 in Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Andre was the child of André CHAPDELAINE and Marguerite BRAULT.

Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE died 28 December 1844 in Saint-Hugues, Canada East.
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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 Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE

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Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE married

Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE-- Date: 11 February 1817 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was the child of André CHAPDELAINE and Marguerite BRAULT

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Children of Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE:

Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE (b.16 January 1818, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 12 August 1862, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Canada East)

Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE (b.18 December 1819, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. 4 November 1894, Saint-Marcel-de-Richelieu, Québec, Canada)
m. Marie-Vitaline GUILLEMETTE 3 February 1845 in Saint-Hugues, Québec, Canada

Apolline CHAPDELAINE dite LARIVIÈRE (b.abt. 1823, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada d. , )

Isaac CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE (b.abt. 1827, , Québec Province, Canada d. 22 July 1859, Saint-Hugues, Canada East)

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1795 Birth
20 April 1795
Beloeil, Lower Canada

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage / Partner
Apolline GIROUARD dite VILLEMAIRE and Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE 11 February 1817, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

She was 21 years old.

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Andre CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 16 January 1818, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Apolline was 22 years old.

1819 Birth of Child
Joseph-Octave CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE was born 18 December 1819, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville)

Apolline was 24 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England