Am I Your Ancestor? GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE Family Genealogy
Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE was born
abt. 1626
in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.
Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE
was the child of
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and
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Pierre-Simon was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1647.
Pierre-Simon married (2) Madeleine DELAUNAY
11 October 1670
in Québec, Canada, New France
.
Madeleine DELAUNAY
was born
abt. 1635
in
France.
Madeleine died
6 February 1699
in
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.
Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE died
8 May 1695
in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .
Occupation: Menuisier et charpentier (Joiner and carpenter)
Details of the family tree of Pierre-Simon 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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know?Poutine, a dish of fries, gravy, and cheese curds, is popular throughout Quebec. The first poutines ...Read MORE...
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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)
Cap de la Madeleine First land concessions 1649 The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One sees Pierre and Mathurin's lots (5th and 6th from right). On a modern map of Cap de la Madeleine, Pierre's land was, according to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.
One also finds the lands of men that played role's in our ancestor's life and/ or are in our family tree: Claude Houssard dit le Petit Claude was his father-in-law, Nicolas Rivard was his brother-in-law (his great grandaughter married Pierre's grandson, Joseph - ancestral grandparents!), Pierre Boucher - his sister, Marie was the grandmother of Marie Trottier who married Pierre's son, Louis. 1 june 1649
I the undersigned superior of the residence of the Company of Jesus at 3 Rivieres declare that in virtue of the commission given to me by my superiors in which Monsignor the Abbe of la Magdeleine gave the right and the power to distribute the lands that bear his name on the Cap of 3 rivieres I have assigned fourteen concessions of two arpens each of waterfront on the great river, starting at the mouth of the river tanneval at the bottom and twenty arpens in depth on each arpen by a line starting at the north-east of the said concessions given by order to those that are marked below, under the charges and conditions dictated by the seigneur here ... the names in order in which the said concessions were granted are Francois Boivin, Jean Houdan, Claude Houssart, Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathyrin Guillet, Etienne de Lafond, Mathyrin Baillergeon, Pierre Boucher, Emerie Galteaux, Urbain bodrie, Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Farfard, Jean Aubuchon
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