Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE

(b. 20 August 1658 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 September 1730 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France )

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Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE was born 20 August 1658 in Québec, Canada, New France

Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE was the child of Bertrand CHENAY dit LAGARENNE (CHAINE, CHESNE) and Marie-Madeleine BELANGER and the grandchild of: (maternal) François BELANGER and Marie GUYON (GUION)

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

Marie-Madeleine married Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) 16 September 1675 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born abt. 1645 in Paris, France. Joseph died abt. 1724 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph).

Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE died 30 September 1730 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France .
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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 Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE

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Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE married

Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO)-- Date: 16 September 1675 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE and Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO)
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

Joseph Petit, son of Henry Petit and Elisabeth Fontaine
Marie Chenay, daughter of Bertrand Chenay and Marie Madeleine Bellanger

"The eldest, Marie Chenay, became god-daughter of Jean Gloria on 22 September 1658, and joined her life to that of Joseph Petit dit Bruneau, at Quebec on 16 September 1675. Marie saw ten children grow up at Trois-Rivieres and even became the Seigneuresse of Maskinonge. It was there that she died in 1730."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XII, Page 88

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Children of Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) and Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE:

Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) (b.22 August 1676, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 20 August 1749, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Anne DALPE 8 January 1709 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Marie-Jeanne-Anne BRISSET 5 June 1713 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
m. Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL 28 February 1729 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Magdelaine PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.15 February 1678, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. abt. 1748, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )

Marie-Jeanne PETIT (b.12 July 1680 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 13 March 1710 , Maskinongé, Canada, New France )
m. Claude CREVIER dit BELLERIVE 7 January 1706 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Gertrude PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.13 September 1682, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.18 February 1684, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1684, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )

Marguerite PETIT dite BRUNEAU (b.23 March 1685, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 25 June 1689, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )

Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU (b.19 November 1687 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Madeleine POTHIER 28 July 1725 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Marguerite FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE 23 November 1740 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) (b.26 February 1689 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 9 December 1762, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada )
m. Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS 19 February 1716 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Anne PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) (b.26 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. abt. 1750, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Baptiste CASAUBON 25 February 1715 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

Geneviève PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) (b.20 June 1696 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 8 June 1773, Louiseville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jacques BARON dit LUPIEN 10 January 1718 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup)

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1658 Birth
20 August 1658
Québec, Canada, New France

1658 Baptism
Baptised Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
22 Sept. 1658
Marie Chesnay, b. 20 Aug
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Bertrand Chesnay Sr. de la garenne...........40 marchant
Marie Magdelaine Bellanger ..................24 sa femme
Marie Chesnay ................................8 fille
Anne Chesnay ...........................18 mois fille
Jean Chesnay..................................4 fils
Robert Tourneroche...........................20 tailleur d'habits engagé
Et Anne Gaigneur.............................13 servante
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1675 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Madeleine CHENAY dite LAGARENNE and Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) 16 September 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 17 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 22 August 1676, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 18 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Magdelaine PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 15 February 1678, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 19 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne PETIT was born 12 July 1680 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 21 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Gertrude PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 13 September 1682, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 24 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Pierre PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 18 February 1684, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 25 years old.

1685 Birth of Child
Marguerite PETIT dite BRUNEAU was born 23 March 1685, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 26 years old.

1687 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU was born 19 November 1687 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 29 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 26 February 1689 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 30 years old.

1689 Death of Child
Marguerite PETIT dite BRUNEAU died 25 June 1689, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 30 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 26 July 1691, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 32 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Geneviève PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) was born 20 June 1696 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Madeleine was 37 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne PETIT married 7 January 1706 , Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Claude CREVIER dit BELLERIVE

1709 Marriage of Child
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 8 January 1709, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Marie-Anne DALPE

1710 Death of Child
Marie-Jeanne PETIT died 13 March 1710 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph)

Marie-Madeleine was 51 years old.

1713 Marriage of Child
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 5 June 1713, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marie-Jeanne-Anne BRISSET

1715 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 25 February 1715, Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Jean-Baptiste CASAUBON

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 19 February 1716 , Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Charles BRISSET (BRISSETTE) dit DUPAS

1718 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PETIT dite BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 10 January 1718 , Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup) to Jacques BARON dit LUPIEN

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

1725 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU married 28 July 1725, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Madeleine POTHIER

1729 Marriage of Child
Joseph PETIT dit BRUNEAU (BRUNO) married 28 February 1729, Maskinongé, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph) to Agathe SICARD dite CARUFEL