Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN

(b. 28 November 1713 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 3 February 1794 , Vaudreuil, Lower Canada )

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Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN was born 28 November 1713 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN was the child of Pierre LEGER and Jeanne BOILARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BOILARD (BOISLARD) and Jeanne MARANDEAU (MARANDA)

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

Charles married Françoise LEDUC 7 January 1738 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise LEDUC was born 9 June 1717 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Françoise died 10 June 1789 in Île-Perrot, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal). Françoise was the child of Pierre LEDUC and Catherine FORTIN dite LAGRANDEUR.

Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN died 3 February 1794 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada .

m. Leduc Francoise

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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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Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN married

Françoise LEDUC-- Date: 7 January 1738 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Françoise LEDUC was the child of Pierre LEDUC and Catherine FORTIN dite LAGRANDEUR

Children of Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Françoise LEDUC:

Josephe LEGER (b.24 September 1742, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 29 November 1794, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT 2 February 1761 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN (b.abt. 1744, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 November 1814, Île-Perrot, Lower Canada )
m. Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE 10 September 1770 in Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes)

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1713 Birth
28 November 1713
Montréal, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN and Françoise LEDUC 7 January 1738 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 24 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Josephe LEGER was born 24 September 1742, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Charles was 28 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1761 Marriage of Child
Josephe LEGER married 2 February 1761, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada to Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel BRABANT

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Charles LEGER dit PARISIEN married 10 September 1770, Oka, Québec, Canada (Mission du Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes) to Catherine SÉGUIN dite LADÉROUTE

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.