Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE

(b. 10 February 1626 , France d. 21 March 1689 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was born 10 February 1626 in France

Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE was the child of ? and ?

Urbain was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1648.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Urbain married Marie ARCHAMBAULT 28 September 1648 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Marie ARCHAMBAULT was born 24 February 1636 in Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Marie died 16 August 1719 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie was the child of Jacques ARCHAMBAULT and Françoise-Chauveau THOURAULT.

Urbain TESSIER dit LAVIGNE died 21 March 1689 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Arthur Tessier and Jeanne Meine

Details of the family tree of Urbain appear below.

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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