Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS

(b. 30 May 1734 , Yamachiche, Canada, New France d. 21 May 1801 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS was born 30 May 1734 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France

Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS was the child of Jean-Baptiste LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Marie-Elisabeth RIVARD dite LAVIGNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles LESIEUR dit LAPIERRE and Françoise LAFOND (maternal) Julien RIVARD dit DUFRESNE and Elisabeth THUNAY (TUNÉ) dite DUFRESNE

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

Francois married Madeleine TOUTANT 26 September 1758 in Yamachiche, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Madeleine TOUTANT was born 18 September 1739 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Madeleine died 3 January 1810 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Madeleine was the child of Pierre TOUTANT and Françoise LESIEUR.

Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS died 21 May 1801 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Toutant Madeleine

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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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Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS married

Madeleine TOUTANT-- Date: 26 September 1758 Place: Yamachiche, Canada, New France
Madeleine TOUTANT was the child of Pierre TOUTANT and Françoise LESIEUR

Children of Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Madeleine TOUTANT:

Madeleine LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS (b.abt. 1772, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. François MASSÉ 20 February 1792 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1734 Birth
30 May 1734
Yamachiche, Canada, New France

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

1758 Marriage / Partner
Francois LESIEUR dit DESAULNIERS and Madeleine TOUTANT 26 September 1758, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

He was 24 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.

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LESIEUR dite DESAULNIERS married 20 February 1792, Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche) to François MASSÉ

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

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