Madeleine GREGOIRE dite DEBLOIS

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12 May 1737 , Laval, Canada, New France

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Simon DEBLOIS Marguerite GUERARD

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Born: 12 May 1737 in Laval, Canada, New France

Father: Simon DEBLOIS

Mother: Marguerite GUERARD

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DEBLOIS , Marguerite ROUSSEAU

Maternal grandparents: Charles GUERARD , Marie-Madeleine CHRÉTIEN

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Madeleine married Joseph LEJEUNE 26 April 1757 in Laval, Canada, New France . Joseph LEJEUNE was born abt. 1731 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Joseph was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE and Jeanne Anne BENOIT dite LABRIERE.

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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Madeleine GREGOIRE dite DEBLOIS married

Joseph LEJEUNE
Marriage date: 26 April 1757
Marriage place: Laval, Canada, New France
Joseph LEJEUNE was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE and Jeanne Anne BENOIT dite LABRIERE

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Birth — 1737
12 May 1737
Laval, Canada, New France

1757 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine GREGOIRE dite DEBLOIS and Joseph LEJEUNE 26 April 1757, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

She was 19 years old.

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