Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

(b. 1 February 1654 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 2 December 1719 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 1 February 1654 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was the child of Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas-Pierre-Thomas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Jeanne MULLARD (maternal) Étienne ST-PERE dit CHAMPOUX and Marie-Madeleine COUTEAU (COUSTEAU)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Nicolas married Elisabeth TROTTIER 20 November 1678 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Elisabeth TROTTIER was born abt. 1664 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisabeth died 6 April 1699 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Elisabeth was the child of Julien TROTTIER and Marie SEDILOT.

Nicolas married (2) Françoise MARIEN 27 June 1709 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Françoise MARIEN was born 7 October 1677 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Françoise died 16 August 1749 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Françoise was the child of Louis MARIEN and Françoise PHILIPPEAU.

Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 2 December 1719 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .
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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 Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

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Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married

Elisabeth TROTTIER-- Date: 20 November 1678 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
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Elisabeth TROTTIER was the child of Julien TROTTIER and Marie SEDILOT

Children of Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Elisabeth TROTTIER:

Nicolas RIVARD (b.24 July 1686, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 25 September 1729, Grondines, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Josephte RAUX (RAOUL) (RHEAULT) 9 January 1724 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Julien RIVARD (b.6 February 1689, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 4 March 1767, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Genevieve GERVAIS 2 May 1725 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Antoine RIVARD dit LORANGER (b.12 October 1690, La-Pérade, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1778, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe TROTTIER 12 October 1724 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre RIVARD (b.8 September 1692, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 26 July 1760, Batiscan, Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe MERCEREAU 5 June 1724 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Marie-Jeanne DUBOIS 24 November 1727 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)

Jean RIVARD (b.16 April 1694, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marie-Josephte GERVAIS 22 November 1729 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married

Françoise MARIEN-- Date: 27 June 1709 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Françoise MARIEN was the child of Louis MARIEN and Françoise PHILIPPEAU

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Children of Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Françoise MARIEN:

Madeleine-Marguerite RIVARD (b.October 1709, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-François CADOT 10 August 1734 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Pierre DUBOIS 31 January 1745 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

François RIVARD (b.28 June 1712, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 13 February 1779, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Thérèse PAPILLEAU dite PÉRIGNY 10 October 1740 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Catherine RIVARD (b.14 May 1714, Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 16 August 1788, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François-Nicolas HERBECQ 10 November 1738 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)
m. Charles DESEVE 3 April 1769 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1654 Birth
1 February 1654
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

'Nicolas (1654-1719), became a wheelwright and married Elisabeth Trotier at Batiscan on 20 November 1678...He married a second time to Francoise Marien, the widow of Sebastien Grenat, at Quebec on 28 June 1709...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 220-221

Baptism
Baptism found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census - Trois Rivieres
Nicolas Rivard d. laVigne - 42 habitant

Catherine saint pere - 30 sa femme

Nicolas Rivard - 12 fils

Jeanne Rivard - 9 fille

Jullien Rivard - 7 fils

françois Rivard - 5 fils

Pierre Rivard - 4 fils

Marie Magdelaine Rivard - 3 fille

Michel Rivard - 3 mois fils

Et Jacques - 25 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1678 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Elisabeth TROTTIER 20 November 1678, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

He was 24 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Nicolas RIVARD was born 24 July 1686, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 32 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Julien RIVARD was born 6 February 1689, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 35 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Antoine RIVARD dit LORANGER was born 12 October 1690, La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade)

Nicolas was 36 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Pierre RIVARD was born 8 September 1692, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 38 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Jean RIVARD was born 16 April 1694, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 40 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elisabeth TROTTIER died 6 April 1699, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1709 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Françoise MARIEN 27 June 1709, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 55 years old.

1709 Birth of Child
Madeleine-Marguerite RIVARD was born October 1709, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Nicolas was 55 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
François RIVARD was born 28 June 1712, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 58 years old.

1714 Birth of Child
Catherine RIVARD was born 14 May 1714, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Nicolas was 60 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France