Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL

(b. abt. 1748 , Canada d. 5 January 1832 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )

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Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL was born abt. 1748 in Canada

Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL was the child of ? and ?

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Louis married Marie-Josephe BROUILLET 8 May 1775 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Josephe BROUILLET was born 30 June 1755 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie-Josephe died 12 February 1819 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Josephe was the child of Gilles BROUILLET and Marguerite ROBERT.

Louis GAUDREAU dit CHAVAUDREUIL died 5 January 1832 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .

"At this stage of the research, the first hypotesis would be that Louis would be an adopted son of Joseph Gaudreau and Marie-Louise Constantineau who were established since 1758 at the foot of the mountain in Montreal.The second hypothesis would presume that Louis Chavaudreuil dit Gaudreau is the grandson of Ursin Dutalme dit Chavaudry.Notary Besquet stipulates that she is the widow of Jacques Bourre dit Lachapelle and that she had a son named Jean-Baptiste Chavaudray from her first marriage.Born in 1729, Jean-Baptiste Chavaudray is the only son of Ursin Chavaudray with the possibility of having a descendant born in 1748.The third hypothesis would suppose that Louis would be a descendant of the Marquis de Vaudreuil.The last hypothesis would presume that he is of native Indian adoption. "

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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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