Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL

(b. 25 January 1705 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France d. 6 January 1783 , Rivière-du-Loup, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL was born 25 January 1705 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL was the child of Jean SICARD dit CARUFEL and Geneviève RATTÉ and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques RATTÉ and Anne-Marie MARTIN

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Louis married Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT 13 November 1727 in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT was born 12 November 1708 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Catherine was the child of Antoine TROTTIER dit POMBERT and Charlotte MERCEREAU.

Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL died 6 January 1783 in Rivière-du-Loup, 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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Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL married

Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT-- Date: 13 November 1727 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, New France
Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT was the child of Antoine TROTTIER dit POMBERT and Charlotte MERCEREAU

Children of Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL and Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT:

Genevieve SICARD (b.2 September 1728, Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 31 January 1798, Yamachiche, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE 18 April 1746 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Madeleine SICARD (b.abt. 1729, Louiseville, Canada, New France d. , )

Jean-Louis SICARD (b.abt. 1733, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Charlotte SICARD (b.abt. 1735, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Catherine SICARD (b.abt. 1737, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marie-Anne SICARD (b.27 September 1739, Louiseville, Canada, New France d. 16 November 1809, Maskinongé, Lower Canada )
m. Amable BELAIR dit LUPIEN 21 October 1771 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Augustin SICARD (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Pierre SICARD (b.abt. 1746, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1705 Birth
25 January 1705
Maskinongé, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1727 Marriage / Partner
Louis SICARD dit CARUFEL and Catherine TROTTIER dite POMBERT 13 November 1727, Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

He was 22 years old.

1728 Birth of Child
Genevieve SICARD was born 2 September 1728, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Louis was 23 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne SICARD was born 27 September 1739, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Louis was 34 years old.

1746 Marriage of Child
Genevieve SICARD married 18 April 1746, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Pierre LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE

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 of Child
Marie-Anne SICARD married 21 October 1771, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Amable BELAIR dit LUPIEN

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.