Jean-Baptiste LECERF dit LADOUCEUR

Born

abt. 1715 , France

Died

Jean-Baptiste married Catherine-Angelique LEBEAU 8 January 1748 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
Catherine-Angelique LEBEAU was born 20 February 1715 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Catherine-Angelique was the child of Jean-Baptiste BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE and Marguerite GIGUERE .

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son of Georges Lecerf and Marie Benoit

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Recorded occupation: faux sauniers (salt smuggler) deported to Nouvelle-France after 1730

Historically, a saunier, or salt manufacturer, harvested salt in salt marshes. In New France, however, a saunier was a salt merchant. Because of the high taxes levied on salt in France, especially the gabelle, salt merchants faced intense competition from faux-sauniers, traders dealing in contraband. These traffickers traded in salt without paying the tax.

Hundreds of convicted salt traffickers in France were deported to the colony of New France in the 18th century to work as labourers. It's a little known fact that these salt smugglers made a significant contribution to the settlement of Canada.
Source: tfcq.ca

The Salty Tales of 18th Century New France: Life as a Saunier

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste LECERF dit LADOUCEUR

Jean-Baptiste LECERF dit LADOUCEUR married

Catherine-Angelique LEBEAU
Marriage date: 8 January 1748
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Catherine-Angelique LEBEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste BAU (LEBEAU) dit LALOUETTE and Marguerite GIGUERE

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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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1748 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LECERF dit LADOUCEUR and Catherine-Angelique LEBEAU 8 January 1748, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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