Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

Born

July 1749 , Acadia

Died

30 May 1815 , Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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 Petitcodiac, Acadia . Marguerite was the child of Charles MAILLET and Marie BABINEAU .

Parents & Family of Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

Parents of Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

Father

Joseph LEGER dit FLUZAN

Mother

Claire LEBLANC

Grandparents of Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

Paternal grandparents

Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE Anne AMIRAULT

Maternal grandparents

René LEBLANC Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE

Joseph LEGER dit LA PETIT HOUPPE married

Marguerite MAILLET
Marriage date: abt. 1775
Marriage 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

Born: abt. 1781, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
Died: 23 August 1843, Barachois, Beaubassin East, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Joseph's Québec records.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1749
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.