Basile POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE

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abt. 1797 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

22 January 1841 , Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East

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Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE Charlotte DUFRESNE

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Born: abt. 1797 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE

Mother: Charlotte DUFRESNE

Paternal grandparents: Jean-Baptiste POUDRETTE , Marie-Anne DESROCHES

Maternal grandparents: Pierre-Benjamin DUFRESNE , Marie-Anne-Therese BRICAULT dite LAMARCHE

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Basile married Marie-Anne HEBERT . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne HEBERT was born 8 November 1796 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste HEBERT and Anne BEAUDRY.

Basile POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE died 22 January 1841 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada East.
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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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Basile POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE married

Marie-Anne HEBERT
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Marie-Anne HEBERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste HEBERT and Anne BEAUDRY

Children of Basile POUDRETTE dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne HEBERT

Marie Césarie POUDRETTE

Born: 10 March 1835, Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada
Died: 23 February 1923, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Victor DESMARAIS 14 November 1865 Place: Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

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