Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

Born

14 January 1708 , La Prairie, Canada, New France

Died

15 April 1777 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR Marie-Charlotte LECOURS

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Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR was born 14 January 1708 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR was the child of Pierre PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Charlotte LECOURS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François PINSONNEAULT dit LAFLEUR and Anne LEPER (maternal) Michel LECOURS and Louise LEBLANC

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Françoise married Louis LEFEBVRE 1 February 1734 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis LEFEBVRE was born 5 July 1707 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis died 16 September 1763 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Louis was the child of Joseph-François LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne TESTARD.

Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR died 15 April 1777 in La Prairie, Province of 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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Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR married

Louis LEFEBVRE-- Date: 1 February 1734 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Louis LEFEBVRE was the child of Joseph-François LEFEBVRE and Marie-Anne TESTARD

Children of Louis LEFEBVRE and Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR

Catherine LEFEBVRE (b.abt. 1735, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Louis GERVAIS 1 July 1765 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Charlotte LEFEBVRE (b.17 July 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 18 May 1822, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Eustache DIEL dit YELLE 14 May 1781 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1708 Birth
14 January 1708
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1734 Marriage / Partner
Françoise PINSONNEAULT dite LAFLEUR and Louis LEFEBVRE 1 February 1734, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

She was 26 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Charlotte LEFEBVRE was born 17 July 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Françoise was 41 years old.

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.

1763 Death of Spouse/Partner
Louis LEFEBVRE died 16 September 1763, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

1765 Marriage of Child
Catherine LEFEBVRE married 1 July 1765, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Louis GERVAIS

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.