Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

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20 September 1798 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Died

7 June 1829 , Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

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Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR Marguerite CHOUINARD

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Born: 20 September 1798 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Mother: Marguerite CHOUINARD

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR , Marie-Claire THIBAULT

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Julien CHOUINARD , Marguerite CARON

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Celeste married Germain RICHARD 10 August 1813 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Germain RICHARD was born 3 December 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Germain died 25 July 1864 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Germain was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie Anne THÉRIAULT.

Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR died 7 June 1829 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, 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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Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR married

Germain RICHARD
Marriage date: 10 August 1813
Marriage place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Germain RICHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie Anne THÉRIAULT

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Celeste RICHARD

Born: 7 August 1814, Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Died: 9 November 1878, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada

Married: Pierre THERIAULT 15 August 1842 Place: Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1798
20 September 1798
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR and Germain RICHARD 10 August 1813, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

She was 14 years old.

1814 Birth of Child
Celeste RICHARD was born 7 August 1814, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Celeste was 15 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.