Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN

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abt. 1675 , Acadia, Canada

Died

5 December 1754 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Germain DOUCET Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY

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Born: abt. 1675 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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Claude married Marie COMEAU abt. 1696 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie COMEAU was born abt. 1676 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE.

Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN died 5 December 1754 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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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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Spouse & Children of Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN

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Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN married

Marie COMEAU
Marriage date: abt. 1696
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie COMEAU was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE

Children of Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN and Marie COMEAU

Jean Charles DOUCET

Born: abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Madeleine PRÉJEAN 12 February 1725 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite DOUCET

Born: abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 2 November 1749, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Jean Pierre PRÉJEAN 3 February 1722 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie DOUCET

Born: abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Bernard GAUDET dit BLÈCHE 1724 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne DOUCET

Born: 26 August 1703, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

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

Joseph DOUCET

Born: 12 March 1706, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: December 1757, Cap-de-Sables, Yarmouth, Acadie

Married: Anne Agnes SURETTE 8 December 1730 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre DOUCET

Born: 2 November 1709, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 27 December 1775, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marie Josephe ROBICHAUD 15 February 1732 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Biography
Youngest son Claude dit Maître Jean, born in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Comeau, at Port-Royal in c1696. They had 11 children, including four sons who married into the Préjean, Surette, Robichaux, and Pellerin families. Five of their daughters married into the Gaudet, Préjean, Chiasson, Grosvalet, and Le Borgne dit Cotte families.
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1703 Birth of Child
Anne DOUCET was born 26 August 1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1706 Birth of Child
Joseph DOUCET was born 12 March 1706, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1709 Birth of Child
Pierre DOUCET was born 2 November 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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
Marguerite DOUCET married 3 February 1722, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Jean Pierre PRÉJEAN

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

1725 Marriage of Child
Jean Charles DOUCET married 12 February 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Madeleine PRÉJEAN

1730 Marriage of Child
Joseph DOUCET married 8 December 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne Agnes SURETTE

1732 Marriage of Child
Pierre DOUCET married 15 February 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe ROBICHAUD

1749 Death of Child
Marguerite DOUCET died 2 November 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

Death — 1754
5 December 1754
Port Royal, Acadia

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Burial details for Claude:

Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (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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