Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE

(b. 26 November 1711 , Batiscan, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1787 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 26 November 1711 in Batiscan, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was the child of Jean RIVARD dit PRÉVILLE and Geneviève TROTTIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Nicolas RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Catherine-Isabelle ST-PERE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste TROTTIER and Geneviève LAFOND

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Josephte COTNOIR 28 August 1738 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Josephte COTNOIR was born 3 February 1704 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Marie-Josephte was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER and Marguerite PROVENCHER.

Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE died 21 September 1787 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Cotnoir Marie-Josephte

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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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Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE married

Marie-Josephte COTNOIR-- Date: 28 August 1738 Place: La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephte COTNOIR was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER and Marguerite PROVENCHER

Children of Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte COTNOIR:

Joseph RIVARD dit LAVIGNE (b.25 February 1743, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Charlotte DUTEAU dite GRANDPRÉ 23 June 1788 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

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1711 Birth
26 November 1711
Batiscan, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste RIVARD dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Josephte COTNOIR 28 August 1738 , La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

He was 26 years old.

1743 Birth of Child
Joseph RIVARD dit LAVIGNE was born 25 February 1743, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

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.

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.