François SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR

(b. 28 July 1748 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France d. 6 June 1827 , Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Lower Canada )

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François SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR was born 28 July 1748 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

François SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR was the child of Jean-François SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne CROTEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Julien-Charles SÉVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marguerite ROGNON dite LAROCHE (maternal) Nicolas CROTEAU dit VINCENT and Marie-Catherine MESNY

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François married Marie-Anne COULOMBE 11 September 1769 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne COULOMBE was born 18 May 1751 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne died 17 August 1840 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre COULOMBE and Marie-Anne COTE.

François SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR died 6 June 1827 in Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, 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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Marie-Anne COULOMBE-- Date: 11 September 1769 Place: Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne COULOMBE was the child of Pierre COULOMBE and Marie-Anne COTE

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1748 Birth
28 July 1748
Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France

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.

1769 Marriage / Partner
François SEVIGNY dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Anne COULOMBE 11 September 1769, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Québec, Canada

He was 21 years old.

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.