François GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE

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20 July 1764 , Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

8 March 1813 , Saint-Martin, Laval, Lower Canada

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Jacques-Francois-Xavier GUETHIER Marie-Madeleine GENDREAU

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Born: 20 July 1764 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jacques-Francois-Xavier GUETHIER

Mother: Marie-Madeleine GENDREAU

Paternal grandparents: Louis GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE , Marie Louise POITRAS

Maternal grandparents: Jean-François GENDREAU , Marie-Catherine MARQUET dite ST-PIERRE ET CLOCHER

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François married Genevieve CYR 3 February 1784 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Genevieve CYR was born 17 August 1764 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Genevieve died 30 June 1791 in Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada. Genevieve was the child of Joseph-Francois CYR and Genevieve VALIQUETTE.

François GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE died 8 March 1813 in Saint-Martin, Laval, 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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François GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE married

Genevieve CYR
Marriage date: 3 February 1784
Marriage place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Genevieve CYR was the child of Joseph-Francois CYR and Genevieve VALIQUETTE

Children of François GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve CYR

François GUETHIER

Born: 6 April 1785, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 15 March 1859, St-Adèle, Quebec, Canada

Married: Marie-Louise SAURIOL 29 September 1807 Place: Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1764
20 July 1764
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, 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)

1784 Marriage / Partner
François GUETHIER dit LEVEILLE and Genevieve CYR 3 February 1784, Saint-Martin, Laval, Québec, Canada

He was 19 years old.

1785 Birth of Child
François GUETHIER was born 6 April 1785, Sainte-Rose, Laval, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Rose-de-Lima)

François was 20 years old.

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