Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE

Born

16 October 1728 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Died

9 July 1790 , Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

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Pierre ARCOUET dit LAJEUNESSE Suzanne MASSON

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Born: 16 October 1728 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Father: Pierre ARCOUET dit LAJEUNESSE

Mother: Suzanne MASSON

Paternal grandparents: Jean ARCOUËT dit LAJEUNESSE , Elisabeth PEPIN

Maternal grandparents: Michel MASSON , Madeleine GROINIER

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Madeleine married Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) 3 November 1749 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) was born July 1722 in Québec Province, Canada. Joseph-François died 21 October 1807 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Lower Canada . Joseph-François was the child of Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) and Angélique-Marie-Charles HAMEL.

Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE died 9 July 1790 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE married

Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER)
Marriage date: 3 November 1749
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) was the child of Joseph GARNIER (GRENIER) and Angélique-Marie-Charles HAMEL

Children of Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) and Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE

Madeleine GRENIER

Born: abt. 1749, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre GRANGER 3 March 1794 Place: L'Acadie, Lower Canada

Pierre GRENIER

Born: 10 October 1751, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Desanges BRAZEAU 17 February 1783 Place: Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Birth — 1728
16 October 1728
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine ARCOUET dite LAJEUNESSE and Joseph-François GARNIER (GRENIER) 3 November 1749, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 21 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Pierre GRENIER was born 10 October 1751, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Madeleine was 22 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.