Francois
LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS
(b.
27 June 1721
,
Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
4 August 1776
,
Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was born 27 June 1721 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS was the child of Noel LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marie BÉNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Mathurin BÉNARD dit LAJEUNESSE and Marguerite VIARD dite BOURBIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Francois married Rose BRAZEAU 11 January 1740 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rose BRAZEAU was born 26 May 1721 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Rose died 31 December 1774 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire). Rose was the child of Paul BRAZEAU and Marie-Rose CADIEUX.
Francois LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS died 4 August 1776 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Francois appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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