Francois CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE

(b. 25 January 1740 , Laval, Canada, New France d. 20 June 1764 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Francois CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was born 25 January 1740 in Laval, Canada, New France

Francois CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Marie-Anne LAMOTHE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Étienne CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Madeleine NIEL (maternal) François-Louis LAMOTHE dit LARAMEE and Marie-Anne LEROUX

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Francois married Catherine CHARPENTIER 22 January 1759 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France . Catherine CHARPENTIER was born 27 March 1734 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Catherine died 17 March 1795 in St-Paul de Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada. Catherine was the child of Joseph-Leonard CHARPENTIER and Françoise CADIEUX.

Francois CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE died 20 June 1764 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Charpentier Catherine

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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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Catherine CHARPENTIER-- Date: 22 January 1759 Place: Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France
Catherine CHARPENTIER was the child of Joseph-Leonard CHARPENTIER and Françoise CADIEUX

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1740 Birth
25 January 1740
Laval, Canada, New France

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

1759 Marriage / Partner
Francois CHARLES dit LAJEUNESSE and Catherine CHARPENTIER 22 January 1759, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

He was 19 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.