Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE

(b. abt. 1668 , France d. 14 October 1708 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE was born abt. 1668 in France

Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE was the child of ? and ?

Léonard-Antoine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1697.

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

Léonard-Antoine married Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE 6 January 1697 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE was born 21 December 1675 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Madeleine died 5 March 1761 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Madeleine was the child of Jean ARCOUËT dit LAJEUNESSE and Elisabeth PEPIN.

Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE died 14 October 1708 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

son of Louis Gatignon Duchesne and Gilette Mottée (Mattée)

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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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