Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN

(b. abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 November 1814 , Île-Perrot, Lower Canada )

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Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN was the child of Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Françoise LEDUC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEGER and Jeanne BOILARD (maternal) Pierre LEDUC and Catherine FORTIN dite LAGRANDEUR

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Charles married Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 10 September 1770 in Oka, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was born 23 November 1752 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes). Catherine died 18 March 1818 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Catherine was the child of Louis SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Marie-Anne RISING (RAIZENNE) (SHOENTAKOUANI).

Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN died 8 November 1814 in Île-Perrot, 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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Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN married

Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE-- Date: 10 September 1770 Place: Oka, Province of Québec, Canada
Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE was the child of Louis SÉGUIN dit LADÉROUTE and Marie-Anne RISING (RAIZENNE) (SHOENTAKOUANI)

Children of Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE:

Judith LEGER (b.4 July 1785, Île-Perrot, Province of Québec, Canada d. 17 August 1877, Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada )
m. Francois TOUPIN 2 May 1808 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion)

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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.

1770 Marriage / Partner
Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 10 September 1770, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

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.