Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Born

22 February 1765 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

3 September 1837 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR Marie-Claire THIBAULT

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Born: 22 February 1765 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Mother: Marie-Claire THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR , Francoise-Marguerite DURAND

Maternal grandparents: François-Joseph THIBAULT (THIBEAULT) , Claire JEAN dite ST-PIERRE

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Etienne married Marguerite CHOUINARD 16 July 1787 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite CHOUINARD was born 16 September 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 1 July 1800 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marguerite was the child of Joseph-Julien CHOUINARD and Marguerite CARON.

Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR died 3 September 1837 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR married

Marguerite CHOUINARD
Marriage date: 16 July 1787
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite CHOUINARD was the child of Joseph-Julien CHOUINARD and Marguerite CARON

Children of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marguerite CHOUINARD

Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

Born: 20 September 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 7 June 1829, Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Married: Germain RICHARD 10 August 1813 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1765
22 February 1765
L'Islet, 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)

1787 Marriage / Partner
Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marguerite CHOUINARD 16 July 1787, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

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

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

1798 Birth of Child
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 20 September 1798, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Etienne was 33 years old.

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