Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL

(b. 26 October 1798 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 9 November 1885 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada )

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Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL was born 26 October 1798 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL was the child of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Agathe HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Louise-Charlotte TRUILLIER dite LACOMBE (maternal) Joseph HUS COURNOYER and Agathe THIBERT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Louis married Marie-Anne BIBEAU 6 February 1826 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Anne BIBEAU was born abt. 1795 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIBEAU and Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE.

Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL died 9 November 1885 in Saint-Robert, 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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Family and Children of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL

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Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL married

Marie-Anne BIBEAU-- Date: 6 February 1826 Place: Sorel, Lower Canada
Marie-Anne BIBEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BIBEAU and Madeleine GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE

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Children of Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Marie-Anne BIBEAU:

Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL (b.29 May 1829, Sorel, Lower Canada d. 2 November 1912, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Maxime HUS COURNOYER 17 August 1847 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Theotiste PROVENÇAL (b.abt. 1831, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 May 1909, Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel, Québec, Canada)
m. Edouard LETENDRE 4 November 1851 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Pierre PROVENÇAL (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Aurelie PROVENÇAL (b.abt. 1835, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Marguerite PROVENÇAL (b.abt. 1838, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

Esther PROVENÇAL (b.abt. 1840, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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1798 Birth
26 October 1798
Sorel, Lower Canada

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

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

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)

1826 Marriage / Partner
Louis LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Marie-Anne BIBEAU 6 February 1826, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 27 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

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

1829 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL was born 29 May 1829, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Louis was 30 years old.

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)

1847 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne LEROUX dite PROVENÇAL married 17 August 1847, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Maxime HUS COURNOYER

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

1851 Marriage of Child
Theotiste PROVENÇAL married 4 November 1851, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Edouard LETENDRE

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 - 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.