Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT

(b. 10 January 1700 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 September 1780 , Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT was born 10 January 1700 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT was the child of Jean PROULX dit CLÉMENT and Marie-Catherine FLEURY and the grandchild of: (maternal) François FLEURY and Marie-Jeanne GILLES

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

Jean-François married Suzanne LEDUC 29 April 1729 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Suzanne LEDUC was born 17 March 1697 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Suzanne died 9 September 1740 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Suzanne was the child of Charles LEDUC and Agathe DESROCHES.

Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT died 15 September 1780 in Montréal, 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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Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT married

Suzanne LEDUC-- Date: 29 April 1729 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Suzanne LEDUC was the child of Charles LEDUC and Agathe DESROCHES

Children of Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT and Suzanne LEDUC:

Marie-Louise PROULX dite CLÉMENT (b.11 July 1730, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 8 July 1807, Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada)
m. Alexandre MAGUET (MAILLET) 26 November 1753 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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1700 Birth
10 January 1700
Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1729 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François PROULX dit CLÉMENT and Suzanne LEDUC 29 April 1729, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 29 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise PROULX dite CLÉMENT was born 11 July 1730, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-François was 30 years old.

1740 Death of Spouse/Partner
Suzanne LEDUC died 9 September 1740, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise PROULX dite CLÉMENT married 26 November 1753, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Alexandre MAGUET (MAILLET)

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.