Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL

(b. abt. 1746 , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 July 1809 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL was born abt. 1746 in Québec Province, Canada

Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL was the child of Louis-Charles LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Marie-Anne FOURNIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Ignace LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Anne BOURRÉ (BOURRET) (maternal) Michel FOURNIER and Marie-Catherine BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

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

Louis married Therese BELANGER 24 November 1766 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese BELANGER was born 12 April 1746 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Therese died 14 August 1825 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Therese was the child of Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER and Angélique VEZINA.

Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL died 17 July 1809 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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Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL married

Therese BELANGER-- Date: 24 November 1766 Place: Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese BELANGER was the child of Jean-Baptiste BÉLANGER and Angélique VEZINA

Children of Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Therese BELANGER:

Charles LEROUX dit CARDINAL (b.30 January 1773, Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Dorothee FONTAINE 11 January 1802 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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

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.

1766 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEROUX dit CARDINAL and Therese BELANGER 24 November 1766, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1773 Birth of Child
Charles LEROUX dit CARDINAL was born 30 January 1773, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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.