Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS (14 October 1727-) Généalogie Québec

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Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS

(b. 14 October 1727 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. , )

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Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS was born 14 October 1727 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France. Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS was the child of Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD (maternal) Dominque JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie NIQUET

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Joseph-Antoine married Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ 3 May 1751 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children. Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ was born 5 October 1717 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX.

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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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.

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Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)

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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Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ-- Date: 3 May 1751 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ was the child of Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX

Children of Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ:

Marie-Louise GIGUERE dite DESPINS (b.abt. 1752, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1830, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Louis LAVALLEE 3 November 1773 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS (b.abt. 1757, , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 January 1820, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Charles-Joseph CREVIER 5 February 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marguerite GIGUERE dite DESPINS (b.15 December 1760, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste CARTIER 27 February 1786 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

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Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
L'église de Saint-François-du-Lac (exterior)
Église de Saint-François-Xavier
440, rue Notre-Dame, Saint-François-du-Lac, QUÉBEC
Established 1714

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