Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Born

10 September 1763 , L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Died

19 June 1827 , Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada

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Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR Marie-Claire THIBAULT

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Born: 10 September 1763 in L'Islet, Province of Québec, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Mother: Marie-Claire THIBAULT

Paternal grandparents: Joseph LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR , Francoise-Marguerite DURAND

Maternal grandparents: François-Joseph THIBAULT (THIBEAULT) , Claire JEAN dite ST-PIERRE

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Jean-Baptiste married Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS 20 February 1786 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS was born 30 November 1763 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Marthe died 22 July 1838 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Marthe was the child of Simon TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Geneviève BLANCHET.

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR died 19 June 1827 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, 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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Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR married

Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS
Marriage date: 20 February 1786
Marriage place: Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS was the child of Simon TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Geneviève BLANCHET

Children of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS

Lucie LECLERC

Born: 13 December 1808, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Died: 22 April 1881, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Married: Jacob CHOUINARD 23 November 1824 Place: Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1763
10 September 1763
L'Islet, 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)

1786 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marthe TALBOT dite GERVAIS 20 February 1786, Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)

He was 22 years old.

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

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

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

1808 Birth of Child
Lucie LECLERC was born 13 December 1808, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

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