Bernard DOUCET dit LAVERDURE

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abt. 1668 , Acadia, Canada

Died

4 August 1709 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Germain DOUCET Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

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Born: abt. 1668 in Acadia, Canada

Father: Germain DOUCET

Mother: Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

Paternal grandparents: Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE , Marie BOURGEOIS?

Maternal grandparents: René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] , Perrine BOURG

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Bernard married Madeleine CORPORON abt. 1690 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine CORPORON was born abt. 1672 in Port Royal, Acadia . Madeleine was the child of Jean CORPORON and Françoise SAVOIE.

Bernard DOUCET dit LAVERDURE died 4 August 1709 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Bernard DOUCET dit LAVERDURE married

Madeleine CORPORON
Marriage date: abt. 1690
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Madeleine CORPORON was the child of Jean CORPORON and Françoise SAVOIE

Children of Bernard DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Madeleine CORPORON

Jean DOUCET

Born: abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Françoise BOURGET 10 April 1714 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Catherine-Therese PRIEUR 27 October 1726 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Marie Marthe DOUCET

Born: abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: André SAVARY (SAVARIA) 3 February 1712 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

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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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Bernard dit Laverdure, born in c1667, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Corporon, at Port-Royal in c1690. They had four children, including a son who married into the Bourget family. One of their daughters married into the Savary family. Bernard died at Port-Royal in August 1709. His wife remarried twice.

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

Death — 1709
4 August 1709
Port Royal, Acadia

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Historical names: Port Royal, Acadia

Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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