Jean CHIASSON dit GIASSON

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abt. 1668 , Acadia, Canada

Died

24 January 1719 , Montréal, Canada, New France

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Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE Jeanne BERNARD

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Born: abt. 1668 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE

Mother: Jeanne BERNARD

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

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Jean married Marie-Anne LEMOINE 12 November 1697 in Batiscan, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne LEMOINE was born 20 December 1681 in La-Pérade, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Perade). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean LEMOYNE (LEMOINE) and Madeleine CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY).

Jean CHIASSON dit GIASSON died 24 January 1719 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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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-Anne LEMOINE
Marriage date: 12 November 1697
Marriage place: Batiscan, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne LEMOINE was the child of Jean LEMOYNE (LEMOINE) and Madeleine CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY)

Children of Jean CHIASSON dit GIASSON and Marie-Anne LEMOINE

Jeanne-Angelique CHIASSON

Born: 24 November 1699, Batiscan, Canada, New France
Died: 28 July 1775, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Jacques-Joseph GAMELIN dit MAUGRAS 2 December 1720 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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Jean, who called himself a Giasson, was born either at Mouchecoudabouet or Chignecto in c1674. When he came of age, he moved to the St. Lawrence valley and married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jean Le Moyne, seigneur de Ste.-Marie, at Batiscan, between Québec and Montréal, in November 1697. In August 1703, Jean 'purchased the back fief St-Jean at Boucherville [near Montréal] from René Boucher.' Jean and Marie-Anne had 13 children, including five sons, two of whom married into the Trottier dit Desrivières and Hubert families. Three of their daughters married into Gamelin dit Maugras, Douarie, and Hubert dit Lacroix families. Most of Jean's children died young or never married. One daughter became a nun and lived to be age 80. Another daughter lived to the age of 60 but did not marry. Jean died at Montréal in January 1719; he was only 45 years old.
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1697 Marriage / Partner
Jean CHIASSON dit GIASSON and Marie-Anne LEMOINE 12 November 1697, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Angelique CHIASSON was born 24 November 1699, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France