Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

(b. 19 September 1766 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 July 1853 , Saint-Henri, Canada East )

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Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR was born 19 September 1766 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR was the child of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Claire THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Francoise-Marguerite DURAND (maternal) François-Joseph THIBAULT (THIBEAULT) and Claire JEAN dite ST-PIERRE

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

Joseph married Marie-Rose JEAN 5 July 1790 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Rose JEAN was born 24 September 1769 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marie-Rose died 13 November 1832 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon). Marie-Rose was the child of Pierre JEAN and Marie-Josephe DUBE.

Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR died 30 July 1853 in Saint-Henri, Canada East .
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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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Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR married

Marie-Rose JEAN-- Date: 5 July 1790 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada

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Marie-Rose JEAN was the child of Pierre JEAN and Marie-Josephe DUBE

Children of Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Rose JEAN:

Marie-Olive LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR (b.12 July 1799, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada d. 28 March 1865, St-Georges de Windsor, Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste CARON 24 August 1819 in Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon)

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1766 Birth
19 September 1766
L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

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)

1790 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Rose JEAN 5 July 1790, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 23 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

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

1799 Birth of Child
Marie-Olive LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 12 July 1799, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Joseph was 32 years old.

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

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1819 Marriage of Child
Marie-Olive LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR married 24 August 1819, Saint-Henri, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Lauzon) to Jean-Baptiste CARON

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England