Louis LEGRIS

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12 January 1750 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Joseph LEGRIS Angélique RAINVILLE

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Born: 12 January 1750 in Québec, Canada, New France

Father: Joseph LEGRIS

Mother: Angélique RAINVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Claude LEGRIS , Josephte MARTIN dite JOLICOEUR

Maternal grandparents: Paul RAINVILLE , Marguerite GIROUX

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Louis married Catherine FALARDEAU 27 October 1782 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine FALARDEAU was born abt. 1763 in Québec Province, Canada. Catherine died 27 October 1819 in Québec, Lower Canada . Catherine was the child of Jacques FALARDEAU and Marie-Josephe DENOYON.

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Recorded occupation: Maître Forgeron

A forgeron, or blacksmith, was primarily a craftsman of wrought iron on the anvil. Protecting himself with a thick leather apron, he used a bellows (first made of leather, then wood and finally metal) to push the air that fuelled the coal fire of the forge, a type of cast iron table where the iron was reddened... Using pliers of various sizes to hold the hot iron, the blacksmith would then give it a specific shape with the help of different hammers. The blacksmith made farm instruments, vehicle accessories and even schooners, cemetery crosses, steel bandages, hooks for hay bales, etc.
Source: tfcq.ca

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

A Day in the Life of a Forgeron in 18th Century New France

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Louis LEGRIS married

Catherine FALARDEAU
Marriage date: 27 October 1782
Marriage place: Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine FALARDEAU was the child of Jacques FALARDEAU and Marie-Josephe DENOYON

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Children of Louis LEGRIS and Catherine FALARDEAU

Jerome LEGRIS dit LÉPINE

Born: 23 November 1793, Québec, Lower Canada
Died: 17 November 1867, Saint-Casimir, Canada East

Married: Genevieve MORAND 7 July 1812 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Josephte GENDRON 21 February 1814 Place: La-Pérade, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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

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