Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Born

20 February 1749 , Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Died

13 January 1783 ,

Catherine married Nicolas PATENAUDE . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicolas PATENAUDE was born 21 June 1740 in Québec Province, Canada. Nicolas was the child of Joseph PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) and Marguerite ACHIM dite ST-ANDRÉ .

Parents & Family of Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Parents of Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Father

François GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE

Mother

Marie Josephe DAVID

Grandparents of Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Paternal grandparents

Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE

Maternal grandparents

Joseph DAVID Marie MOINEAU

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE married

Nicolas PATENAUDE
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Nicolas PATENAUDE was the child of Joseph PATENAUDE (PATENÔTRE) and Marguerite ACHIM dite ST-ANDRÉ

Children of Nicolas PATENAUDE and Catherine GATIGNON dite DUCHESNE

Marie Angelique PATENAUDE

Born: 24 July 1772, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)
Died: ,

Married: Louis GOULET

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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 — 1749
20 February 1749
Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan)

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

1772 Birth of Child
Marie Angelique PATENAUDE was born 24 July 1772, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Catherine was 23 years old.

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