Madeleine ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ

(b. abt. 1747 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 September 1833 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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Madeleine ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada

Madeleine ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Madeleine BRISSON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Marie-Marguerite LEBOEUF (maternal) François-Michel BRISSON and Marguerite PERRAULT

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Madeleine married Jean-Baptiste DAUNAIS dit FRENIERE abt. 1772 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Baptiste DAUNAIS dit FRENIERE was born 13 February 1746 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Jean-Baptiste died 18 February 1824 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-Rouville) . Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) and Josephte PEPIN dite DESCARDONNETS.

Madeleine ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ died 12 September 1833 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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