Jacques LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

Born

4 August 1751 , Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Died

23 April 1823 , Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

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Pierre LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS Marie-Anne-Clemence DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

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Born: 4 August 1751 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

Mother: Marie-Anne-Clemence DUBOIS dite BRISEBOIS

Paternal grandparents: Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS , Marie BÉNARD

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste DUBOIS dit BRISEBOIS , Marguerite ANDRE dite ST-MICHEL

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Jacques married Marguerite-Noelle VIVIEN dite ROCHELEAU 17 February 1772 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Noelle VIVIEN dite ROCHELEAU was born 25 December 1752 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite-Noelle died 29 August 1833 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Marguerite-Noelle was the child of Louis-Exupere VIVIEN dit ROCHELEAU and Marie-Josephe GUITARD dite LAGRANDEUR.

Jacques LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 23 April 1823 in Saint-Eustache, 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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Jacques LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married

Marguerite-Noelle VIVIEN dite ROCHELEAU
Marriage date: 17 February 1772
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada
Marguerite-Noelle VIVIEN dite ROCHELEAU was the child of Louis-Exupere VIVIEN dit ROCHELEAU and Marie-Josephe GUITARD dite LAGRANDEUR

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Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS

Born: 12 December 1774, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 9 August 1831, Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada

Married: Joseph NAULT 17 September 1792 Place: Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

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Birth — 1751
4 August 1751
Sainte-Geneviève, 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.

1772 Marriage / Partner
Jacques LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite-Noelle VIVIEN dite ROCHELEAU 17 February 1772, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

He was 20 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born 12 December 1774, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jacques was 23 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.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

1792 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS married 17 September 1792, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)* to Joseph NAULT

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

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

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.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England