Joseph RIVARD dit LANOUETTE

(b. 10 October 1734 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 6 May 1814 , La-Pérade, Lower Canada )

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Joseph RIVARD dit LANOUETTE was born 10 October 1734 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Joseph RIVARD dit LANOUETTE was the child of Pierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Anne CAYA (CAILLA) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Marie-Catherine TROTTIER (maternal) Pierre CAILLA (CAILLE) (CAILLEAU) (CAYA) and Marie-Thérèse HOURAY (HOURE) (AURE)

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Joseph married Madeleine GUAY 5 August 1771 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . Madeleine GUAY was born 22 January 1743 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy). Madeleine died 15 April 1783 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Madeleine was the child of Charles GUAY and Madeleine LABRECQUE.

Joseph RIVARD dit LANOUETTE died 6 May 1814 in La-Pérade, 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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Madeleine GUAY-- Date: 5 August 1771 Place: La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine GUAY was the child of Charles GUAY and Madeleine LABRECQUE

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1734 Birth
10 October 1734
Champlain, Canada, New France

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.

1771 Marriage / Partner
Joseph RIVARD dit LANOUETTE and Madeleine GUAY 5 August 1771, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

He was 36 years old.

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.