Anne-Claude PROVOST
Married: Étienne CHEVALIER 28 October 1678 Place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Marguerite
GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS
Born
abt. 1637
,
Calais, Picardie, France
Died
1 April 1705
,
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
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Marguerite was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1664.
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Daughter of Jean Baptiste Gaillard and Catherine Lomelle
m. (1) in France, Hercule Duperron
m. (1) in France, Hercule Duperron
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS
Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS married 
François PROVOST
Marriage date: 26 July 1664
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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François PROVOSTMarriage date: 26 July 1664
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Children of François PROVOST and Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS
François-Michel PROVOST (PREVOST)
Born: 3 January 1669, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 5 June 1711, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 5 June 1711, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Catherine BONHOMME 23 October 1695 Place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS married Louis SAUCIER
Marriage date: 12 January 1671
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Louis SAUCIERMarriage date: 12 January 1671
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
See marriage record for Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS and Louis SAUCIERMarriage notes:
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Louis, son of Charles Saucie and Charlotte Clairet
Marguerite, widow of Francois Provost
Children of Louis SAUCIER and Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS
Charles SAUCIER
Born: 31 August 1672, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 11 June 1723, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 11 June 1723, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Anne BISSON 6 October 1697 Place: Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Madeleine ST-DENIS 25 June 1714 Place: Montmagny, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Françoise LEBEL 3 June 1720 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France
Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS married Michel LEGARDEUR dit SANSOUCY
Marriage date: abt. 1677
Marriage place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Michel LEGARDEUR dit SANSOUCYMarriage date: abt. 1677
Marriage place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marriage notes:
Cote St. Michel
PRDH has no record of this marriage, however there is a record of a baptism of a child born to this couple found in 1678 in Quebec, QC, Canada
Michel Legardeur and Marguerite Gaillard
Children of Michel LEGARDEUR dit SANSOUCY and Marguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS
Jean LEGARDEUR
Born: 18 August 1678, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1700, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 March 1700, Québec, Canada, New France
Michel LEGARDEUR
Born: 11 January 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 November 1763, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 16 November 1763, Repentigny, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Catherine DALPE 19 January 1705 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite LEGARDEUR
Married: Charles FONTAINE 27 April 1701 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Jean-Baptiste CHAMPAGNE 29 October 1703 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
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- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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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1663
Gaillard, Marguerite, dite Duplessis, m. 1. Provost, François, July 26, 1664, m. 2. Saucier, Louis, Jan. 12, 1671, m. 3. Legardeur, Michel, dit Sanssoucy, bef. Nov. 1677
1664 Marriage / PartnerMarguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS and François PROVOST 26 July 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1665 Birth of ChildAnne-Claude PROVOST was born 11 October 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1666 Sainct Jean, Sainct Francois & Sainct Michel
Michel Legardeur d. sans Soucy - 30 serrurier habittant
Margueritte gambiér - 25 sa femme
Et Marie Magdelaine legardeur - 1 fille
Margueritte gambiér - 25 sa femme
Et Marie Magdelaine legardeur - 1 fille
1669 Birth of ChildFrançois-Michel PROVOST (PREVOST) was born 3 January 1669, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1670 Death of Spouse/PartnerFrançois PROVOST died 6 April 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1671 Marriage / PartnerMarguerite GAILLARD dite DUPLESSIS and Louis SAUCIER 12 January 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1672 Birth of ChildCharles SAUCIER was born 31 August 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1674 Birth of ChildJean-Baptiste SAUCIER was born 4 December 1674, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1678 Birth of ChildJean LEGARDEUR was born 18 August 1678, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
1678 Marriage of ChildAnne-Claude PROVOST married 28 October 1678, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France to Étienne CHEVALIER
1681 Birth of ChildMichel LEGARDEUR was born 11 January 1681, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
1682 Birth of ChildMarie-Marguerite LEGARDEUR was born 18 July 1682, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1690 Death of ChildAnne-Claude PROVOST died 14 October 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1691 Death of Spouse/PartnerMichel LEGARDEUR dit SANSOUCY died November 1691, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy)
1695 Marriage of ChildFrançois-Michel PROVOST (PREVOST) married 23 October 1695, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Catherine BONHOMME
1697 Marriage of ChildCharles SAUCIER married 6 October 1697, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne BISSON
1700 Death of ChildJean LEGARDEUR died 3 March 1700, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1701 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite LEGARDEUR married 27 April 1701, Québec, Canada, New France to Charles FONTAINE
1703 Marriage of ChildMarie-Marguerite LEGARDEUR married 29 October 1703, Québec, Canada, New France to Jean-Baptiste CHAMPAGNE
Death — 17051 April 1705
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
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