François LEBREUX
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Born: 5 April 1734 in Les Biards com Isigny-le-Buat,Saint-Martin, France
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
François married Ursule CAOUETTE 6 October 1760 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule CAOUETTE was born 23 June 1738 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Ursule died 4 August 1806 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Ursule was the child of Claude CAOUETTE (CAOUET) and Marie-Catherine GRONDIN.
François LEBREUX died 9 April 1806 in Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada .
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Occupation
Recorded occupation: pecheur
The pêcheur d'anguille, or eel fisherman, was a person who caught eels either for personal consumption or for sale. Eel fishing was practiced mainly in the St. Lawrence, but also in the Richelieu River, Lake St. Pierre, near L'Islet and Kamouraska.Fishing was the first resource of early inhabitants, as they waited for their land to be cleared and start producing wheat.
Source: tfcq.ca
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.
Spouse & Children of François LEBREUX
Marriage date: 6 October 1760
Marriage place: Cap-St-Ignace, Canada
Ursule CAOUETTE was the child of Claude CAOUETTE (CAOUET) and Marie-Catherine GRONDIN
Children of François LEBREUX and Ursule CAOUETTE
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5 April 1734
Les Biards com Isigny-le-Buat,Saint-Martin, France
François LEBREUX and Ursule CAOUETTE 6 October 1760, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
He was 26 years old.
1761 Birth of ChildFrançois LEBREUX was born 31 December 1761, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)
François was 27 years old.
The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)
François LEBREUX married 25 November 1788, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Madeleine PARENT
François LEBREUX died 15 September 1802, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)
François was 68 years old.
9 April 1806
Cap-St-Ignace, Lower Canada
He died at the age of 72.
Record added: 2/16/2023 6:44:55 PM
Last updated: 2/16/2023 6:46:18 PM
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