Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS

(b. 27 June 1721 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 4 August 1776 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 27 June 1721 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was the child of Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin BÉNARD dit LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite VIARD dite BOURBIER

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Francois married Rose BRAZEAU 11 January 1740 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose BRAZEAU was born 26 May 1721 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Rose died 31 December 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Rose was the child of Paul BRAZEAU and Marie-Rose CADIEUX.

Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 4 August 1776 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married

Rose BRAZEAU-- Date: 11 January 1740 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France
Rose BRAZEAU was the child of Paul BRAZEAU and Marie-Rose CADIEUX

Children of Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Rose BRAZEAU:

Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS (b.11 June 1747, Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France d. 10 November 1796, Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )
m. Ursule SABOURIN 9 January 1769 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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1721 Birth
27 June 1721
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France

1740 Marriage / Partner
Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Rose BRAZEAU 11 January 1740, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

He was 18 years old.

1747 Birth of Child
Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 11 June 1747, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

Francois was 25 years old.

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.

1769 Marriage of Child
Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS married 9 January 1769, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire) to Ursule SABOURIN

1774 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rose BRAZEAU died 31 December 1774, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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.