Marie Madeleine
LAFONTAINE dite MENARD
Born
5 December 1692
,
Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA
Died
22 November 1756
,
Chambly, Canada, New France
Parents & Family of Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD
Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD married 
Charles PAVY (BAVIC) LAFLEUR
Marriage date: 11 November 1714
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Source: www.leveillee.net/ancestry
Charles PAVY (BAVIC) LAFLEURMarriage date: 11 November 1714
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Source: www.leveillee.net/ancestry
Children of Charles PAVY (BAVIC) LAFLEUR and Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD
Antoine-Charles PAVY (PAVIE)
Born: 7 November 1715, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 8 January 1717, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 8 January 1717, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD married 
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RENAUDET
Marriage date: 18 April 1717
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RENAUDETMarriage date: 18 April 1717
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marriage notes:
Chambly, Saint-Joseph, Chambly, Quebec
According to PRDH, a marriage contract was signed between Joseph Jean Baptiste Renaudet and Marie Madeleine Menard in 1717 in an undetermined place in Quebec.
Children of Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RENAUDET and Marie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD
Marie-Louise-Madeleine RENAUDET
Married: Michel BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE 6 June 1735 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Jean-Baptiste RENAUDET
Married: Marie-Anne HUET dite DULUDE 25 February 1754 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
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Québec Place Names Through History
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Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 16925 December 1692
Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA
1714 Marriage / PartnerMarie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD and Charles PAVY (BAVIC) LAFLEUR 11 November 1714, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
She was 21 years old.
1714 Marriage - Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly, Chambly, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
1714 Birth of ChildMadeleine PAVY (PAVIE) was born 31 March 1714, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Marie Madeleine was 21 years old.
1715 Birth of ChildAntoine-Charles PAVY (PAVIE) was born 7 November 1715, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Marie Madeleine was 22 years old.
1717 Marriage / PartnerMarie Madeleine LAFONTAINE dite MENARD and Joseph-Jean-Baptiste RENAUDET 18 April 1717, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
She was 24 years old.
1717 Death of ChildAntoine-Charles PAVY (PAVIE) died 8 January 1717, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
Marie Madeleine was 24 years old.
1718 Birth of ChildMarie-Louise-Madeleine RENAUDET was born 20 January 1718, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Marie Madeleine was 25 years old.
1719 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste RENAUDET was born 7 December 1719, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
Marie Madeleine was 27 years old.
1735 Marriage of ChildMarie-Louise-Madeleine RENAUDET married 6 June 1735, Chambly, Canada, New France to Michel BROUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE
1754 Marriage of ChildJean-Baptiste RENAUDET married 25 February 1754, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne HUET dite DULUDE
Death - Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly, Chambly, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death — 175622 November 1756
Chambly, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 64.
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