Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD

(b. abt. 1656 , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1712 , Acadia, Canada )

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Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD was born abt. 1656 in Acadia, Canada

Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Unknown DOUCET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEJEUNE and Unknown UNKNOWN (maternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS?

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Pierre married Marie THIBODEAU abt. 1678 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie THIBODEAU was born abt. 1663 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died abt. 1704 Marie was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU and Jeanne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT).

Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD died abt. 1712 in Acadia, Canada.
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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)

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Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD married

Marie THIBODEAU-- Date: abt. 1678 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie THIBODEAU was the child of Pierre THIBODEAU and Jeanne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

About 1678 Marie, married Pierre Lejeune dit Briard, son of Pierre Lejeune and unknown Doucet, in Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume II. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999)

Children of Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Marie THIBODEAU:

Marie Marguerite LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1687, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1752, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean Joseph BOUTIN 1708 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1689, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1742, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Jeanne Anne BENOIT dite LABRIERE 12 September 1712 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jeanne LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean Baptiste ROY 3 October 1712 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Germain LEJEUNE dit BRIARD (b.abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1752, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Anne Marie TRAHAN 1717 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
m. Marie GUEDRY (GUILDRY) 1735 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Alexandre TRAHAN 28 November 1714 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
m. Pierre GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) 1747 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada d. 28 May 1759, Chateauneuf, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France)
m. Françoise GUEDRY 1725 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Catherine LEJEUNE (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Antoine LABAUVE 10 October 1718 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
m. Claude Antoine DUPLESSIS 3 September 1736 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Joseph LEJEUNE (b.20 July 1704, , Acadia, Canada d. 13 December 1758, At Sea*)
m. Cecile PITRE 1727 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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