Gabriel Pierre CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE

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abt. 1667 , Acadia, Canada

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10 April 1741 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE Jeanne BERNARD

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Born: abt. 1667 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE

Mother: Jeanne BERNARD

Maternal grandparents: Andre (Rene) BERNARD , Marie-Andree GUYON

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Gabriel Pierre married Marie SAVOIE abt. 1688 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie SAVOIE was born 1 May 1670 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died 10 April 1714 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE.

Gabriel Pierre CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE died 10 April 1741 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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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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Marie SAVOIE
Marriage date: abt. 1688
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie SAVOIE was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE

Children of Gabriel Pierre CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE and Marie SAVOIE

Anne CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1689, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 11 November 1772, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Michel DUFAULT 4 January 1732 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean Baptiste CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 12 February 1758, , Ile Saint-Jean, Acadia

Marie Josephe CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1759, At Sea*

François CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 14 February 1759, St-Malo, St-Servan, France

Married: Anne DOUCET 3 November 1722 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Abraham CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1763, , Crown Colony of South Carolina

Married: Marie POIRIER 1724 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Françoise CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1705, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1760, St-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Married: Guillaume GALAIS (GALLET) 7 February 1722 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Margurite CHIASSON

Born: abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 22 January 1780, Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Rene RENAUD dit DAGUET 1729 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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Oldest son Gabriel dit Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in c1667, followed his father to Mouchecoudabouet and to Chignecto and was serving as a domestic in the household of Chignecto seigneur Michel Le Neuf de La Vallière in 1686. Two years later, Gabriel married Marie, daughter of François Savoie, at Beaubassin. They had 11 children, including three sons who married into the Boudrot, Pitre, Quimine, Doucet, and Poirier families. Their five daughters married into the Quimine, Gallet, Patry, Dufaut, Daguet dit Renaud, La Croix dit Durel, and Le Prieur dit Dubois families. Gabriel dit Pierre and his family lived for a time at Minas. Gabriel died at Chignecto in April 1741, age 75. Some of his children moved to the St. Lawrence valley or to Île St.-Jean as early as the 1720s. The others remained at Chignecto.
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1714 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie SAVOIE died 10 April 1714, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage of Child
Françoise CHIASSON married 7 February 1722, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Guillaume GALAIS (GALLET)

1722 Marriage of Child
François CHIASSON married 3 November 1722 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne DOUCET

1732 Marriage of Child
Anne CHIASSON married 4 January 1732, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) to Michel DUFAULT

Death — 1741
10 April 1741
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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