Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Born

8 November 1771 , L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

12 March 1863 , Verchères, Canada East

Claire married Etienne ROBERT 6 August 1793 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Etienne ROBERT was born 19 August 1772 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Etienne died 29 April 1840 in Verchères, Lower Canada . Etienne was the child of Etienne ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Antoinette LEDUC .

Parents & Family of Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Parents of Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Father

Pierre-Christophe LEBEQUE dit LESPERANCE

Mother

Marie-Barbe SOULIÈRES

Grandparents of Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Jean SOULIÈRE TRANCHEMONTAGNE SUSTIER Marie-Louise LESAGE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE married

Etienne ROBERT
Marriage date: 6 August 1793
Marriage place: L'Assomption, Lower Canada
Etienne ROBERT was the child of Etienne ROBERT dit LAFONTAINE and Antoinette LEDUC

Children of Etienne ROBERT and Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE

Marie-Louise ROBERT

Born: 23 March 1814, Verchères, Lower Canada
Died: 21 December 1876, Sainte-Rosalie, Québec, Canada

Married: Benoni VEGIARD dit LABONTÉ 15 July 1834 Place: Verchères, Lower Canada

RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Claire's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1771
8 November 1771
L'Assomption, 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 Marriage / Partner
Claire LEBEQUE dite LESPERANCE and Etienne ROBERT 6 August 1793 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 21 years old.

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

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

1814 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise ROBERT was born 23 March 1814, Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres)

Claire was 42 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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England