Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE

(b. 19 January 1759 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 2 September 1796 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )

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Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE was born 19 January 1759 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE was the child of Alexis LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Josephte VEL dite SANSOUCY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL (maternal) Jean-Baptiste VEL dit SANSOUCY and Marie FOURNIER dite BELVAL

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Charlotte married Francois LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 29 October 1781 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . Francois LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was born 18 February 1752 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Francois died 26 March 1804 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Francois was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine CAUCHON.

Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE died 2 September 1796 in Saint-Ours, 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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Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE married

Francois LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE-- Date: 29 October 1781 Place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Francois LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LANIEL dit DESROSIERS and Marie-Madeleine CAUCHON

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1759 Birth
19 January 1759
Saint-Ours, 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.

1781 Marriage / Partner
Charlotte LECLERC dite LAFRENAYE and Francois LANIEL dit DESROSIERS SOULANGE 29 October 1781, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

She was 22 years old.