Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT

(b. abt. 1741 , Acadia, Canada d. 18 November 1818 , Grand-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada )

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Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT was born abt. 1741 in Acadia, Canada

Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT was the child of Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Anne Marie GRAVOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel HACHE dit GALLANT and Madeleine LEBLANC (maternal) Joseph GRAVOIS and Marie CYR

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Madeleine married Pierre Jacques LEGER abt. 1761 in Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Pierre Jacques LEGER was born abt. 1726 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Pierre Jacques died 29 March 1814 in Grande-Digue, Canada. Pierre Jacques was the child of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT.

Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT died 18 November 1818 in Grand-Digue, New Brunswick, 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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Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT married

Pierre Jacques LEGER-- Date: abt. 1761 Place: Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia
Pierre Jacques LEGER was the child of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Anne AMIRAULT

Children of Pierre Jacques LEGER and Madeleine HACHE dite GALLANT:

Rosalie LEGER (b.abt. 1762, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia d. , )
m. Pierre CAISSIE 1777 in , New Brunswick, Canada

Charles LEGER (b.abt. 1762, Memramcook, Westmorland, Acadia d. 5 April 1836, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Marie GAUDREAU (GAUTROT) 1787 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Anastasie LEGER (b.abt. 1765, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 26 June 1832, Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. Joseph CAISSIE 1780 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie Madeleine LEGER (b.abt. 1767, , New Brunswick, Canada d. , )
m. Jean Pierre JAILLET 1789 in Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Marie LEGER (b.abt. 1767, Memramcook, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 December 1845, Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada)
m. François Benoit ROY 1795 in Bouctouche, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada

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

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.