Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

(b. July 1749 , Acadia d. 30 May 1815 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE was born July 1749 in Acadia

Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE was the child of Joseph LEGER dit FLUZAN and Claire LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT (maternal) René LEBLANC and Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

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Joseph married Marguerite MAILLET abt. 1775 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite MAILLET was born 4 March 1755 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of Charles MAILLET and Marie BABINEAU.

Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE died 30 May 1815 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada.
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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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Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE married

Marguerite MAILLET-- Date: abt. 1775 Place: Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Marguerite MAILLET was the child of Charles MAILLET and Marie BABINEAU

Children of Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE and Marguerite MAILLET:

Francois LEGER (b.abt. 1781, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 23 August 1843, Barachois, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)

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1749 Birth
July 1749
Acadia

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.

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.