Denis LEROUX dit PROVENCAL

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abt. 1800 , Québec Province, Canada

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Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL Marguerite LEBRUN

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Denis LEROUX dit PROVENCAL was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada

Denis LEROUX dit PROVENCAL was the child of Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL and Marguerite LEBRUN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Louise-Charlotte TRUILLIER dite LACOMBE (maternal) Bonaventure LEBRUN and Marie-Josephte-Marguerite COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ

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Denis married Geneviève HAREL 11 January 1820 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève HAREL was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Geneviève was the child of Pierre HAREL and Marie-Madeleine BROUILLARD.

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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Denis LEROUX dit PROVENCAL married

Geneviève HAREL-- Date: 11 January 1820 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Geneviève HAREL was the child of Pierre HAREL and Marie-Madeleine BROUILLARD

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Children of Denis LEROUX dit PROVENCAL and Geneviève HAREL

Marie-Esther-Marceline LEROUX dite PROVENCAL (b.26 July 1820, Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Maxime FORCIER 21 September 1841 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

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