Denis-Joseph RUETTE dit DAUTEUIL

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abt. 1616 , Paris, France

Died

27 November 1679 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1616 in Paris, France

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Denis-Joseph was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1653.

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Denis-Joseph married Claire-Françoise CLEMENT dite DUVAULT 18 November 1647 in Paris, France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Claire-Françoise CLEMENT dite DUVAULT was born abt. 1626 in France.

Denis-Joseph RUETTE dit DAUTEUIL died 27 November 1679 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Ruette and Catherine Esnault

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Denis-Joseph RUETTE dit DAUTEUIL married

Claire-Françoise CLEMENT dite DUVAULT
Marriage date: 18 November 1647
Marriage place: Paris, France

Children of Denis-Joseph RUETTE dit DAUTEUIL and Claire-Françoise CLEMENT dite DUVAULT

Jean-François RUETTE

Born: 20 September 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Jean-François RUETTE

Born: 7 August 1656, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 9 August 1656, Québec, Canada, New France

François-Madeleine-Fortune RUETTE dit DAUTEUIL

Born: 17 January 1658, Paris, France
Died: 10 July 1737, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne JUCHEREAU 23 February 1683 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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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RUETTE D’AUTEUIL, DENIS-JOSEPH, attorney-general of the Conseil Souverain at Quebec 1674–79; b. 1617, ennobled 16 Jan. 1643 by Louis XIII, emigrated to New France in 1648 or 1649, obtained a seigneury at Sillery, and established residence in Quebec; d. 9 Dec. 1679 at the Hôtel-Dieu, Quebec.

D’Auteuil was one of the original members of the Conseil Souverain, being appointed 18 Sept. 1663. The following September, however, he, along with Louis Rouer de Villeray, Jean Juchereau de La Ferté, and Jean Bourdon, was arbitrarily dismissed from office by the governor, Saffray de Mézy, for allegedly conspiring to thwart the governor’s plan to introduce reforms in the local government at Quebec. Subsequently, Prouville de Tracy, lieutenant-general over all the French possessions in North America, strongly recommended that d’Auteuil be appointed attorney-general to succeed the late Jean Bourdon but the minister rejected this recommendation. On 10 Sept. 1674, d’Auteuil again had a seat at the

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