Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN

(b. 21 October 1746 , Sorel, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1814 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN was born 21 October 1746 in Sorel, Canada, New France

Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN was the child of Pierre LOISEAU dit CARDIN FRANCOEUR and Madeleine-Charles PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LOISEAU dit FRANCOEUR and Marie HUS (maternal) Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Marie-Jeanne-Anne BRISSET

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Alexis married Geneviève CHEVALIER 22 June 1767 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Geneviève CHEVALIER was born 20 August 1746 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève died 9 March 1815 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER and Marie-Jeanne-Agathe CARTIER.

Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN died 27 August 1814 in Sorel, 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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Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN married

Geneviève CHEVALIER-- Date: 22 June 1767 Place: Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada
Geneviève CHEVALIER was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHEVALIER and Marie-Jeanne-Agathe CARTIER

Children of Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Geneviève CHEVALIER:

Geneviève LOISEAU dite CARDIN (b.12 May 1768, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 May 1863, Sorel, Canada East )
m. Jean-Baptiste ST-MARTIN 3 August 1789 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN (b.18 October 1769, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 14 August 1823, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Genevieve HUS PAUL 2 August 1790 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
m. Marie-Charlotte HUS COURNOYER 24 January 1803 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Augustin LOISEAU dit CARDIN (b.5 January 1774, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 27 September 1845, Sorel, Canada East )
m. Geneveive HUS PAUL 18 August 1794 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN (b.12 April 1776, Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada d. 9 November 1824, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marie DUHAMEL 5 October 1795 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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1746 Birth
21 October 1746
Sorel, Canada, New France

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.

1767 Marriage / Partner
Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Geneviève CHEVALIER 22 June 1767, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 20 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Geneviève LOISEAU dite CARDIN was born 12 May 1768, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 21 years old.

1769 Birth of Child
Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN was born 18 October 1769, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 23 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Augustin LOISEAU dit CARDIN was born 5 January 1774, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 27 years old.

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.

1776 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN was born 12 April 1776, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Alexis was 29 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1789 Marriage of Child
Geneviève LOISEAU dite CARDIN married 3 August 1789, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean-Baptiste ST-MARTIN

1790 Marriage of Child
Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN married 2 August 1790, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Genevieve HUS PAUL

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

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

1794 Marriage of Child
Augustin LOISEAU dit CARDIN married 18 August 1794, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Geneveive HUS PAUL

1795 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN married 5 October 1795, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie DUHAMEL

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

1803 Marriage of Child
Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN married 24 January 1803, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Charlotte HUS COURNOYER