Mathurin GOYER dit LAVIOLETTE

(b. 23 December 1621 , France d. 10 February 1684 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Mathurin GOYER dit LAVIOLETTE was born 23 December 1621 in France

Mathurin GOYER dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of ? and ?

Mathurin was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1669.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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

Mathurin married Barbe LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX 14 January 1669 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Barbe LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was born 19 March 1634 in Rouen, France. Barbe died 30 June 1701 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Mathurin GOYER dit LAVIOLETTE died 10 February 1684 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Jacques Goyer and Mathurine Savuage

Details of the family tree of Mathurin appear below.

Occupation

Mathurin GOYER dit LAVIOLETTE was a capitaine de milice.

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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