Madeleine
DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE
(b.
24 June 1742
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
d.
24 March 1810
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE was born 24 June 1742 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France
Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE was the child of Jacques DEHORNAY dit LANEUVILLE and Thérèse-Marie LEBLANC and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques-Philippe HORNÉ (DESHARNAIS) dit LANEUVILLE and Marie-Jeanne SIVADIER (CIVADIER) (maternal) Nicolas LEBLANC dit LABRIE and Geneviève PETIT dite MILHOMMESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE 7 January 1765 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE was born 6 February 1741 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Joseph died 14 June 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Joseph was the child of Denis-Joseph LEVASSEUR dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Charlotte COUTURIER.
Madeleine DEHORNAY (DESCHARNAIS) dite LANEUVILLE died 24 March 1810 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower 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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