Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE

Born

8 December 1757 , Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Died

31 December 1846 , Saint-Jude, Canada East

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Alexis LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE Josephte VEL dite SANSOUCY

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Born: 8 December 1757 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

Father: Alexis LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE

Mother: Josephte VEL dite SANSOUCY

Paternal grandparents: Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE , Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL

Maternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste VEL dit SANSOUCY , Marie FOURNIER dite BELVAL

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Joseph married Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR 7 January 1782 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR was born 1 October 1759 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Josephte died 6 February 1840 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Josephte was the child of Jean GATINEAU dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Louise MENARD.

Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE died 31 December 1846 in Saint-Jude, Canada East.
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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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Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE married

Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR
Marriage date: 7 January 1782
Marriage place: Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR was the child of Jean GATINEAU dit BRINDAMOUR and Marie-Louise MENARD

Children of Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR

François LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE

Born: 29 January 1796, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne THIBAULT 1 October 1821 Place: Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

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Birth — 1757
8 December 1757
Saint-Ours, Canada, New France

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.

1782 Marriage / Partner
Joseph LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Josephte GATINEAU dite BRINDAMOUR 7 January 1782, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 24 years old.

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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

1796 Birth of Child
François LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE was born 29 January 1796, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Joseph was 38 years old.

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

1821 Marriage of Child
François LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE married 1 October 1821, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Anne THIBAULT

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