Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD

(b. 15 May 1704 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 2 July 1787 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* )

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Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD was born 15 May 1704 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD was the child of Leonard SIMON and Mathurine BEAUJAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean SIMON and Catherine-Marie LORION (maternal) Elie-Joseph BEAUJEAN and Suzanne COIGNON (COGNON)

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

Angelique married Louis-Jean PETIT 8 January 1731 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Louis-Jean PETIT was born 1 May 1706 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Louis-Jean was the child of Jean PETIT and Elisabeth-Isabelle CHARTIER.

Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD died 2 July 1787 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada* .

m. Petit Louis-Jean

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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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Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD married

Louis-Jean PETIT-- Date: 8 January 1731 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Louis-Jean PETIT was the child of Jean PETIT and Elisabeth-Isabelle CHARTIER

Children of Louis-Jean PETIT and Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD:

Marie-Anne PETIT (b.18 September 1731, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. , )
m. Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND 2 May 1757 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

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1704 Birth
15 May 1704
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1731 Marriage / Partner
Angelique SIMON dite LEONARD and Louis-Jean PETIT 8 January 1731, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

She was 26 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PETIT was born 18 September 1731, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Angelique was 27 years old.

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

1757 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PETIT married 2 May 1757, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Antoine ROUSSEAU dit LAFOND

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.