Marie-Françoise DESMOULINS dite LAGIROFLEE

Born

December 1733 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

13 November 1755 , Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

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Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE Judith BIGRAS

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Born: December 1733 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Michel DESMOULINS dit LAGIROFLEE

Mother: Judith BIGRAS

Maternal grandparents: François BIGRAS dit FAUVEL , Marie BRUNET

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Marie-Françoise married Charles-Amable BLAIS 17 May 1751 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France . Charles-Amable BLAIS was born 17 September 1730 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Charles-Amable was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX.

Marie-Françoise DESMOULINS dite LAGIROFLEE died 13 November 1755 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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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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Marie-Françoise DESMOULINS dite LAGIROFLEE married

Charles-Amable BLAIS
Marriage date: 17 May 1751
Marriage place: Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Charles-Amable BLAIS was the child of Louis-Charles BLAIS and Marguerite CADIEUX

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Birth — 1733
December 1733
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Françoise DESMOULINS dite LAGIROFLEE and Charles-Amable BLAIS 17 May 1751, Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*

She was 17 years old.