Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE

(b. abt. 1682 , France d. 30 October 1714 , Varennes, Canada, New France )

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Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE was born abt. 1682 in France

Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1699.

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

Jean married Françoise VIAU 9 June 1699 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Françoise VIAU was born 22 March 1682 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil). Françoise died 17 January 1744 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Françoise was the child of Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Madeleine PLOUARD (PLOUART).

Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE died 30 October 1714 in Varennes, Canada, New France .

son of Jacques Lavigne and Marie Duplan

Details of the family tree of Jean 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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