Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL

(b. 5 April 1740 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 14 April 1778 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL was born 5 April 1740 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL was the child of Louis-Charles LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Marie-Anne FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Anne BOURRÉ (BOURRET) (maternal) Michel FOURNIER and Marie-Catherine BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

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

Guillaume married Angélique ALLARD 27 February 1764 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Angélique ALLARD was born 24 February 1744 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal). Angélique died 4 June 1796 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Angélique was the child of François ALLARD and Barbe BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN.

Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL died 14 April 1778 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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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Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL married

Angélique ALLARD-- Date: 27 February 1764 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Angélique ALLARD was the child of François ALLARD and Barbe BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN

Children of Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Angélique ALLARD:

Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL (b.10 March 1770, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 June 1819, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Madeleine SASSEVILLE 20 September 1796 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1740 Birth
5 April 1740
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Angélique ALLARD 27 February 1764, Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 23 years old.

1770 Birth of Child
Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL was born 10 March 1770, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 29 years old.

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.