Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN

Born

abt. 1698 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

19 October 1775 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre LEBLANC Madeleine BOURG

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Born: abt. 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre LEBLANC

Mother: Madeleine BOURG

Paternal grandparents: Daniel LEBLANC , Françoise GAUDET

Maternal grandparents: François BOURC (BOURG) , Marguerite BOUDROT

Joseph was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Joseph married Marguerite BOURGEOIS 20 January 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marguerite BOURGEOIS was born abt. 1700 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marguerite died 14 July 1770 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Marguerite was the child of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS.

Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN died 19 October 1775 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, 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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Spouse & Children of Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN

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Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN married

Marguerite BOURGEOIS
Marriage date: 20 January 1721
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite BOURGEOIS was the child of Germain BOURGEOIS and Madeleine DUGAS

Marriage notes:

Joseph Le Blanc married Marguerite Bourgeois, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas, on 20 January 1721 at Port Royal.

Source:

Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 255.

Children of Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN and Marguerite BOURGEOIS

Madeleine LEBLANC

Born: 29 September 1721, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 1 June 1788, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph RICHARD 22 July 1743 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Joseph LEPRINCE 26 October 1761 Place: Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Joseph LEBLANC

Born: 7 January 1726, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Claire Cecile BENOIT 1749 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Basile LEBLANC

Born: 15 October 1727, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 10 May 1801, Nicolet, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne RICHARD 27 November 1752 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Marie LANDRY 1756

Marguerite LEBLANC

Born: abt. 1727, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 21 November 1766 , Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph BLANCHARD 30 October 1747 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LEBLANC

Born: 4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 8 September 1814, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada

Married: Isabelle Elisabeth LANDRY 1767

Josephe LEBLANC

Born: abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 19 August 1807, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada

Married: Stanislas GOURDEAU 24 January 1752 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Felicite LEBLANC

Born: 7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Charles RICHARD 29 November 1753 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cajetan LEBLANC

Born: 17 November 1736, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 8 September 1781, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie-Amable MARTIN 17 August 1772 Place: Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1721 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LEBLANC dit CAJETAN and Marguerite BOURGEOIS 20 January 1721 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1721 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC was born 29 September 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1726 Birth of Child
Joseph LEBLANC was born 7 January 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1727 Birth of Child
Basile LEBLANC was born 15 October 1727, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1729 Birth of Child
Pierre LEBLANC was born 4 July 1729, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1733 Birth of Child
Felicite LEBLANC was born 7 May 1733, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1736 Birth of Child
Cajetan LEBLANC was born 17 November 1736, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1743 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 22 July 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph RICHARD

1747 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LEBLANC married 30 October 1747 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph BLANCHARD

1752 Marriage of Child
Josephe LEBLANC married 24 January 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Stanislas GOURDEAU

1752 Marriage of Child
Basile LEBLANC married 27 November 1752, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie-Anne RICHARD

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Felicite LEBLANC married 29 November 1753, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles RICHARD

1761 Marriage of Child
Madeleine LEBLANC married 26 October 1761, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Joseph LEPRINCE

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.