Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL

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abt. 1688 , Québec Province, Canada

Died

28 March 1758 , Québec, Canada, New France

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François FRANCOEUR dit LAVALLEE Marie-Madeleine ST-JEAN dite LAVALLEE

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Born: abt. 1688 in Québec Province, Canada

Father: François FRANCOEUR dit LAVALLEE

Mother: Marie-Madeleine ST-JEAN dite LAVALLEE

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Marguerite married Pierre DUMESNIL 4 May 1716 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre DUMESNIL was born 22 July 1696 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France. Pierre died abt. 1727 in Québec Province, Canada. Pierre was the child of Pierre DUMESNIL and Catherine GODIN.

Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL died 28 March 1758 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL married

Pierre DUMESNIL
Marriage date: 4 May 1716
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Pierre DUMESNIL was the child of Pierre DUMESNIL and Catherine GODIN

Children of Pierre DUMESNIL and Marguerite LAVALLEE dite BRETEL

Pierre DUMESNIL

Born: 19 August 1717, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Scholastique ROUSSIN 12 November 1736 Place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Marie DUMESNIL

Born: 9 July 1723, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 21 August 1794, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: François MOITIE 14 November 1741

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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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