Jean-Joseph
LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS
Born
abt. 1690
,
France
Died
abt. 1740
,
Acadia, Canada
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Born: abt. 1690 in France
Father:
Henri LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS
Mother:
Marguerite BASILE
Jean-Joseph was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1721.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-Joseph married Anne VINCENT 22 November 1721 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Anne VINCENT was born abt. 1699 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia). Anne died 16 December 1757 in Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada. Anne was the child of Michel Dit Clement VINCENT and Marie Josephe RICHARD.
Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS died abt. 1740 in Acadia, 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)
Spouse & Children of Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS
Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS married 
Anne VINCENT
Marriage date: 22 November 1721
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Anne VINCENT was the child of Michel Dit Clement VINCENT and Marie Josephe RICHARD
Anne VINCENTMarriage date: 22 November 1721
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Anne VINCENT was the child of Michel Dit Clement VINCENT and Marie Josephe RICHARD
Marriage notes:
Saint Charles Des Mines
From worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
"Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS 1625-1810 Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols. p. 1561 (Chipoudy) own copy. Jean DUBOIS, born around 1700, come from France, married at Grand Pré around 1721 to Anne VINCENT, daughter of Michel & Marie-Josephe RICHARD eight children. "
Children of Jean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS and Anne VINCENT
Jean Pierre DUBOISBorn: 20 February 1722, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Helene Josephe CELESTIN 1747 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Marie Geneviève DUBOISBorn: 23 December 1723, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: 12 May 1813, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Died: 12 May 1813, Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
Married: Paul MARTIN 1736
Married: Joseph GAUDREAU 14 October 1765 Place: Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire)
Jacques DUBOISBorn: abt. 1725, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marguerite LABAUVE 1754
Married: Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1761
Married: Marguerite LEVRON 1765
Married: Marguerite CASTONGUAY 3 November 1767 Place: La Pocatière, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere)
Marguerite DUBOISBorn: abt. 1725, Petitcodiac, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Melchior BUISSON (BISSON) 14 February 1747 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
Marie Ursule DUBOISMarried: Paul CYR 5 May 1758 Place: Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Québec, Canada
Paul DUBOISBorn: 29 May 1732, Petitcodiac, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Olivier DUBOISBorn: 26 May 1734, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died: abt. 1780, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Died: abt. 1780, Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Married: Marguerite GROSVALET dite VALLOIS 1765 Place: , France
Alexis DUBOISBorn: 21 September 1739, Petitcodiac, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Honore DUBOISMarried: Marie-Marthe BELANGER 2 May 1764 Place: L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours)
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Jean Dubois, probably unrelated to the other Duboiss, born in France in c1700, reached Acadia by 1721, the year he married Anne, daughter of Michel Vincent, at Grand-Pré. They settled at Grand-Pré before moving on the Petitcoudiac. They had at least eight children. At least two of them were born at Grand-Pré before the family moved to Petitcoudiac: Jean-Pierre in February 1722, and Geneviève in December 1723. Jean's son Honoré, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1739, married Marthe, daughter of Charles Bélanger, at L'Islet, Québec, in May 1764 during Le Grand Dérangement.
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Jean Dubois, probably unrelated to the other Duboiss, born in France in c1700, reached Acadia by 1721, the year he married Anne, daughter of Michel Vincent, at Grand-Pré. They settled at Grand-Pré before moving on the Petitcoudiac. They had at least eight children. At least two of them were born at Grand-Pré before the family moved to Petitcoudiac: Jean-Pierre in February 1722, and Geneviève in December 1723. Jean's son Honoré, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1739, married Marthe, daughter of Charles Bélanger, at L'Islet, Québec, in May 1764 during Le Grand Dérangement.
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1721 Marriage / PartnerJean-Joseph LE PRIEUR dit DUBOIS and Anne VINCENT 22 November 1721, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
1722 Birth of ChildJean Pierre DUBOIS was born 20 February 1722, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
1723 Birth of ChildMarie Geneviève DUBOIS was born 23 December 1723, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
1732 Birth of ChildPaul DUBOIS was born 29 May 1732, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)
1734 Birth of ChildOlivier DUBOIS was born 26 May 1734, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
1739 Birth of ChildAlexis DUBOIS was born 21 September 1739, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)
1739 Birth of ChildHonore DUBOIS was born 21 September 1739, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Petitcodiac, Acadia)
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