Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE

(b. 28 November 1730 , Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France d. 16 December 1809 , Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE was born 28 November 1730 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE was the child of Joseph RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Josephe DESRANLEAU dite CHATEAUNEUF and the grandchild of: (paternal) François RIVARD dit LACOURSIÈRE and Madeleine LEPELLE (maternal) Jean DESRANLEAU dit CHATEAUNEUF and Marie-Madeleine TROTTIER

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Marie-Josephe married Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME 17 January 1757 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME was born June 1736 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Jean-Baptiste died 12 December 1809 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT (TETREAU) and Angélique-Geneviève BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS.

Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE died 16 December 1809 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, 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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Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE married

Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME-- Date: 17 January 1757 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME was the child of Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT (TETREAU) and Angélique-Geneviève BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

Children of Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME and Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE:

Marie-Josephte TETREAULT (b.12 February 1758, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Toussaint LOISELLE dit SINOT 26 September 1774 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME (b.22 January 1759, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 22 April 1806, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Louise LORANGER dite GEY 8 November 1779 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Louise TETREAULT (b.24 August 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada d. , )
m. Prudent LOISELLE 9 July 1776 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne TETREAU (b.27 March 1768, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 13 January 1857, Marieville, Rouville, Canada East )
m. Jean Baptiste BEAUDRY 31 January 1785 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1730 Birth
28 November 1730
Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1757 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephe RIVARD dite LACOURSIÈRE and Jean-Baptiste TÉTREAULT dit DUCHARME 17 January 1757 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

She was 26 years old.

1758 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte TETREAULT was born 12 February 1758, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 27 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME was born 22 January 1759, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 28 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise TETREAULT was born 24 August 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 29 years old.

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.

1768 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne TETREAU was born 27 March 1768, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Marie-Josephe was 37 years old.

1774 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte TETREAULT married 26 September 1774, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Toussaint LOISELLE dit SINOT

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.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise TETREAULT married 9 July 1776, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Prudent LOISELLE

1779 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME married 8 November 1779, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise LORANGER dite GEY

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne TETREAU married 31 January 1785, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Jean Baptiste BEAUDRY

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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

1806 Death of Child
Jean-Baptiste TETREAULT dit DUCHARME died 22 April 1806, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

Marie-Josephe was 75 years old.

1809 Death
16 December 1809
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada

She died at the age of 79.

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