Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE

(b. 5 April 1718 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 23 June 1798 , Boucherville, Lower Canada )

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Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE was born 5 April 1718 in Québec, Canada, New France

Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE was the child of Jacques RACICOT dit LEVEILLE and Marie-Jeanne LABBE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean LABBE and Marie-Anne FAILLY (FAYE)

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Charles married Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 23 November 1744 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE was born abt. 1720 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Pelagie died 1 December 1767 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Pelagie was the child of Michel ROBIN dit LAPOINTE and Angélique DUPRÉ.

Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE died 23 June 1798 in Boucherville, 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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Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE married

Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE-- Date: 23 November 1744 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE was the child of Michel ROBIN dit LAPOINTE and Angélique DUPRÉ

Children of Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE and Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE:

Francois RACICOT (b.29 December 1750, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Judith PETIT 21 October 1771 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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1718 Birth
5 April 1718
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1744 Marriage / Partner
Charles RACICOT dit LEVEILLE and Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE 23 November 1744, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

He was 26 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Francois RACICOT was born 29 December 1750, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Charles was 32 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.

1767 Death of Spouse/Partner
Pelagie ROBIN dite LAPOINTE died 1 December 1767, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

1771 Marriage of Child
Francois RACICOT married 21 October 1771, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Judith PETIT

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.