François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD

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5 May 1757 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Died

22 February 1825 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD Angélique-Geneviève GUYON

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Born: 5 May 1757 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Father: Jean-Baptiste RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD

Mother: Angélique-Geneviève GUYON

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste RENAUD (RAYNAUD) dit BLANCHARD , Marie-Thérèse-Anne BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste GUYON dit DUTILLY , Marie-Catherine TETREAU (TETREAULT)

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François married Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE 20 September 1779 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE was born 9 August 1754 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France . Marie-Charlotte died 18 September 1830 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada . Marie-Charlotte was the child of Charles LEVESQUE and Marie-Elisabeth BÉRIAU (BERIAULT).

François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD died 22 February 1825 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada .
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François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD married

Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE
Marriage date: 20 September 1779
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE was the child of Charles LEVESQUE and Marie-Elisabeth BÉRIAU (BERIAULT)

Children of François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE

Agathe BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

Born: 4 May 1783, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis DESMARAIS 24 October 1803 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

François-Jacques BLANCHARD dit RENAUD

Born: abt. 1785, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marguerite POIRIER 18 November 1817 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD

Born: 10 February 1785, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 7 March 1857, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East

Married: Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE 21 January 1807 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD

Born: 26 May 1792, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 31 March 1863, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada

Married: Jean-Baptiste POIRIER 22 June 1812 Place: Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1757
5 May 1757
Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

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.

1779 Marriage / Partner
François BLANCHARD dit RENAUD and Marie-Charlotte LEVESQUE 20 September 1779, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1783 Birth of Child
Agathe BLANCHARD dite RENAUD was born 4 May 1783, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François was 26 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD was born 10 February 1785, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François was 27 years old.

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

1792 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD was born 26 May 1792, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

François was 35 years old.

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

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Agathe BLANCHARD dite RENAUD married 24 October 1803, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada to Louis DESMARAIS

1807 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD dit RENAUD married 21 January 1807, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada to Josephte FREGEAU dite LAPLANCHE

1812 Marriage of Child
Marie-Louise BLANCHARD dite RENAUD married 22 June 1812, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada to Jean-Baptiste POIRIER

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 Marriage of Child
François-Jacques BLANCHARD dit RENAUD married 18 November 1817, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada to Marguerite POIRIER

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

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)