Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

(b. 23 January 1737 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1814 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 23 January 1737 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was the child of Jean-Baptitse LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie-Anne CHOLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD (maternal) Sébastien CHOLET (CHOLETTE) and Marie Anne HEARD

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

Sebastien married Eugenie TURPIN 17 January 1757 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Eugenie TURPIN was born 25 May 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Eugenie was the child of Jean Baptiste TURPIN and Marie-Louise LADOUCEUR dite LAMADELEINE.

Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 16 July 1814 in Québec Province, 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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Eugenie TURPIN-- Date: 17 January 1757 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Eugenie TURPIN was the child of Jean Baptiste TURPIN and Marie-Louise LADOUCEUR dite LAMADELEINE

Children of Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Eugenie TURPIN:

Sebastien LEGAULT (b.13 February 1761, Montréal, Canada d. 28 August 1832, Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada)
m. Catherine THEORET dite LARIVIÈRE 2 July 1792 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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1737 Birth
23 January 1737
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Sebastien LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Eugenie TURPIN 17 January 1757, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 19 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Sebastien LEGAULT was born 13 February 1761, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Sebastien 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.