Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS

Born

abt. 1735 , Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Died

11 October 1761 , Saint-Constant, Canada

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Michel ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) VIENS Françoise LAROCHE

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Born: abt. 1735 in Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Father: Michel ROCHEREAU (ROCHELEAU) VIENS

Mother: Françoise LAROCHE

Paternal grandparents: François ROCHEREAU , Marie-Anne BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) dite COURVILLE

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Catherine married François-Raphael GAGNE 23 October 1757 in Saint-Constant, Canada, New France . François-Raphael GAGNE was born 12 May 1727 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Raphael died 23 August 1763 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). François-Raphael was the child of François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS.

Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS died 11 October 1761 in Saint-Constant, 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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Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS married

François-Raphael GAGNE
Marriage date: 23 October 1757
Marriage place: Saint-Constant, Canada, New France
François-Raphael GAGNE was the child of François GAGNÉ dit DAUBIGEON and Marie-Madeleine DUPUIS

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

1757 Marriage / Partner
Catherine ROCHELEAU dite VIENS and François-Raphael GAGNE 23 October 1757, Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada

Death — 1761
11 October 1761
Saint-Constant, Canada

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The name Michigan is based on a native American (Chippewa) word; 'meicigama' (meaning 'great water,' a word referring to Lake Superior). (statesymbolsusa.org)

January 26, 1837 - Michigan becomes 26th U.S. state

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