Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

Born

5 May 1797 , La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Died

23 March 1882 , Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

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Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR Charlotte-Victoire BERUBE

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Born: 5 May 1797 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada

Father: Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR

Mother: Charlotte-Victoire BERUBE

Paternal grandparents: Etienne LECLERC , Marguerite-Elisabeth-Barb FOURNIER

Maternal grandparents: Jean BERUBE , Marguerite GRONDIN

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Celeste married Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER 1 March 1813 in La Pocatière, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER was born 13 November 1789 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste died 27 January 1858 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste was the child of Pierre-Noel PELLETIER and Marthe CARON.

Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR died 23 March 1882 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, 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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Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR married

Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER
Marriage date: 1 March 1813
Marriage place: La Pocatière, Lower Canada
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER was the child of Pierre-Noel PELLETIER and Marthe CARON

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Children of Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER and Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR

Adelaide PELLETIER

Born: 9 June 1823, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada
Died: 7 March 1895, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada

Married: Nazaire BOUDREAU 26 June 1849 Place: Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres)

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Birth — 1797
5 May 1797
La Pocatière, Lower Canada

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

1813 Marriage / Partner
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR and Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER 1 March 1813, La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)

She was 15 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

1823 Birth of Child
Adelaide PELLETIER was born 9 June 1823, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

Celeste was 26 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 Marriage of Child
Adelaide PELLETIER married 26 June 1849, Isle-aux-Coudres, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-l'Isle-aux-Coudres) to Nazaire BOUDREAU

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER died 27 January 1858, Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Québec, Canada

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.