Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN

(b. 6 July 1759 , Donnacona, Canada, New France d. 20 April 1837 , Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN was born 6 July 1759 in Donnacona, Canada, New France

Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN was the child of Joseph-Louis FOURNIER dit LIEVIN and Marie-Thérèse AUGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Lievin FOURNIER and Marie-Suzanne FAUTEUX (maternal) Louis-Joseph AUGER and Marie-Geneviève GODIN

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

Madeleine married Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR 16 June 1783 in Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was born 22 August 1761 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Pierre was the child of Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR and Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX.

Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN died 20 April 1837 in Marieville, Rouville, 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 FOURNIER dite LIEVIN married

Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR-- Date: 16 June 1783 Place: Beloeil, Province of Québec, Canada
Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR was the child of Jacques GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR and Madeleine DAUPHINAIS dite PHENIX

Children of Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR and Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN:

Charlotte GIROUX dite JOLICOEUR (b.5 April 1797, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER 25 August 1817 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir)

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1759 Birth
6 July 1759
Donnacona, Canada, New France

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.

1783 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine FOURNIER dite LIEVIN and Pierre GIROUX dit JOLICOEUR 16 June 1783, Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

She was 23 years old.

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)

1797 Birth of Child
Charlotte GIROUX dite JOLICOEUR was born 5 April 1797, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier)

Madeleine was 37 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
Charlotte GIROUX dite JOLICOEUR married 25 August 1817, Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir) to Jean-Baptiste BOUCHER

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec