Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL

Born

10 March 1770 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

9 June 1819 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada

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Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL Angélique ALLARD

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Born: 10 March 1770 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Guillaume LEROUX dit CARDINAL

Mother: Angélique ALLARD

Paternal grandparents: Louis-Charles LEROUX dit CARDINAL , Marie-Anne FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: François ALLARD , Barbe BERGEVIN dite LANGEVIN

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Paul married Madeleine SASSEVILLE 20 September 1796 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine SASSEVILLE was born 22 July 1770 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Madeleine died 13 March 1841 in Henryville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Georges-de-Henryville). Madeleine was the child of Louis-Etienne SASSEVILLE and Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT.

Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL died 9 June 1819 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower 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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Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL married

Madeleine SASSEVILLE
Marriage date: 20 September 1796
Marriage place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Madeleine SASSEVILLE was the child of Louis-Etienne SASSEVILLE and Charlotte ARCHAMBAULT

Children of Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Madeleine SASSEVILLE

Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL

Born: 30 May 1800, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Joseph FAUCHER 11 October 1825 Place: Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Catherine CARDINAL

Born: 11 December 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: François-Toupin DUSSAULT 8 February 1831 Place: Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1770
10 March 1770
Québec, 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)

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

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

1796 Marriage / Partner
Paul LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Madeleine SASSEVILLE 20 September 1796, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 26 years old.

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

1800 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL was born 30 May 1800, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Paul was 30 years old.

1810 Birth of Child
Catherine CARDINAL was born 11 December 1810, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Paul was 40 years old.

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.