Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN

(b. 5 October 1730 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 15 December 1809 , Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN was born 5 October 1730 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN was the child of Lievin FOURNIER and Marie-Suzanne FAUTEUX and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre FAUTEUX and Péronne BULTÉ dite PICARD

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Joseph-Louis married Marie-Thérèse AUGER 10 January 1757 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Thérèse AUGER was born 1 December 1728 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Marie-Thérèse died 9 July 1809 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada (Saint-Hilaire). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Marie-Geneviève GODIN.

Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN died 15 December 1809 in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, 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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Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN married

Marie-Thérèse AUGER-- Date: 10 January 1757 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France
Marie-Thérèse AUGER was the child of Louis-Joseph AUGER and Marie-Geneviève GODIN

Children of Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN and Marie-Thérèse AUGER:

Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN (b.6 July 1759, Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1837, Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR 16 June 1783 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

Marie-Josephe FOURNIER dite GUEVIN (b.2 April 1761, Donnacona, Canada d. , )
m. Alexis BLANCHET 7 February 1780 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1730 Birth
5 October 1730
Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN and Marie-Thérèse AUGER 10 January 1757, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

He was 26 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN was born 6 July 1759, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Joseph-Louis was 28 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe FOURNIER dite GUEVIN was born 2 April 1761, Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils)

Joseph-Louis was 30 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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephe FOURNIER dite GUEVIN married 7 February 1780, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Alexis BLANCHET

1783 Marriage of Child
Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN married 16 June 1783, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil) to Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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)