Jean-Baptiste LEGER dit PARISIEN

(b. 27 March 1725 , Vaudreuil, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1786 , Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LEGER dit PARISIEN was born 27 March 1725 in Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

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

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Jean-Baptiste married Elisabeth BRABANT 7 April 1750 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France . Elisabeth BRABANT was born 21 June 1727 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth died 24 November 1787 in Vaudreuil, Québec, Canada (Vaudreuil-Dorion). Elisabeth was the child of Michel BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Elisabeth LAFAYE.

Jean-Baptiste LEGER dit PARISIEN died 29 March 1786 in Vaudreuil, Province of Québec, Canada .

m. Brabant Elisabeth

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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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Elisabeth BRABANT-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Canada, New France
Elisabeth BRABANT was the child of Michel BRABANT dit LAMOTHE and Elisabeth LAFAYE

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1725 Birth
27 March 1725
Vaudreuil, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LEGER dit PARISIEN and Elisabeth BRABANT 7 April 1750 , Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada

He was 25 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.

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.