Madeleine
ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE
(b.
21 December 1675
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
5 March 1761
,
Montréal, Canada
)
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Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE was born 21 December 1675 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE was the child of Jean ARCOUËT dit LAJEUNESSE and Elisabeth PEPIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Guillaume PEPIN-TRANCHE MONTAGNE and Jeanne MECHINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE 6 January 1697 in Champlain, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Léonard-Antoine GATIGNON dit DUCHESNE was born abt. 1668 in France. Léonard-Antoine died 14 October 1708 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
Madeleine married (2) Antoine BUISSON dit ARIER abt. 1711 in Québec Province, Canada . Antoine BUISSON dit ARIER was born abt. 1675
Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE died 5 March 1761 in Montréal, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Madeleine 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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