Madeleine
MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS
(b.
4 October 1731
,
L'Assomption, Canada, New France
d.
23 November 1785
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS was born 4 October 1731 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS was the child of Joseph MOUSSEAU and Madeleine DAVID and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MOUSSEAU dit DESILETS and Marie-Anne DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) (maternal) Jacques DAVID and Catherine LUSSIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Francois LARCHEVÊQUE 5 February 1759 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Francois LARCHEVÊQUE was born 26 June 1737 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Francois died 23 February 1813 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Francois was the child of Jean-François LARCHEVÊQUE dit LARCHE and Marie-Madeleine PROVOST.
Madeleine MOUSSEAU dite DESILETS died 23 November 1785 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Madeleine appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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