Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE

Born

abt. 1631 , Le Gué d’Alleré, Aunis, Charente Maritime, France

Died

26 June 1697 , Varennes, Canada, New France

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Nicolas LEPETIT Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

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Born: abt. 1631 in Le Gué d’Alleré, Aunis, Charente Maritime, France

Father: Nicolas LEPETIT

Mother: Catherine ANCELIN (ASSELIN)

Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1656.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Nicolas married Marie POMPONNELLE 17 August 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie POMPONNELLE was born abt. 1630 in France. Marie died 18 November 1700 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Marie was the child of Jean POMPONNELLE and Michelle BOULET.

Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE died 26 June 1697 in Varennes, Canada, New France .

Nicolas was buried in the original church in Varennes. Althiugh there is no written proof of that fact, in 1945 Mr. Gérard Morisette asserted that the church had to have been constructed if stones because religious buildings, in those days, had to be built of "good and honest stone work" and that the registers of the parish showed that on the 27 of June 1697 the body of Nicolas Petit was buried in the parish church, and people were only buried there if the vhurch was made of stone.

Source: Book published by Mario Filion as a souvenir album for the tricentennial of the parish of Sainte-Anne-de-Verennes.

Title of book:Paroisse Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes 1692-1992

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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)

Spouse & Children of Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE

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Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE married

Marie POMPONNELLE
Marriage date: 17 August 1656
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie POMPONNELLE was the child of Jean POMPONNELLE and Michelle BOULET

Marriage notes:

Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection

Nicolas Lepetit and Marie Pompounelle

He is the son of Nicolas Lepetit and Catherine Aurelius? (Anceline)

She is the daughter of Joannis Pompounelle and Michaelas Boulet

Children of Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE and Marie POMPONNELLE

Jeanne-Marie-Anne PETIT dite LAPRE

Born: 2 May 1657, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 13 November 1733, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Jean GAUTHIER (GAULTIER) 26 November 1671 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Louis PETIT

Born: 4 August 1658, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 12 March 1728, Boucherville, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE 7 January 1686 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Michelle CHARLIER (CHARTIER) 19 March 1710 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Pierre PETIT

Born: 6 March 1660, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 1667/1668, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Jacques PETIT

Born: 10 November 1661, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE

Born: 1 November 1662, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: August 28, 1741, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 8 January 1691 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Marguerite-Marie GAMELIN 12 February 1725 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Nicolas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN

Born: 23 October 1664, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 17 February 1707, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Marie RÉGUINDEAU 18 October 1693 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Michel PETIT

Born: abt. 1667, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 24 May 1742, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Madeleine LUSSIER 4 February 1699 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Gertrude PETIT

Born: 29 June 1669, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 23 December 1737, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Nicolas SENECAL 8 November 1683 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Françoise PETIT dite LAPRE

Born: 28 June 1671, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 21 April 1748, Varennes, Canada, New France

Married: Leonard LALUE dit LAMONTAGNE 10 January 1689 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Married: Joseph DEMERS (DUMAIS) 27 November 1712 Place: Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1656 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas PETIT dit LAPRÉE and Marie POMPONNELLE 17 August 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1657 Birth of Child
Jeanne-Marie-Anne PETIT dite LAPRE was born 2 May 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1658 Birth of Child
Louis PETIT was born 4 August 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1660 Birth of Child
Pierre PETIT was born 6 March 1660, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1661 Birth of Child
Jacques PETIT was born 10 November 1661, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1662 Birth of Child
Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE was born 1 November 1662, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1664 Birth of Child
Nicolas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN was born 23 October 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Nicolas Petit - 34 habitant

Marie ponponnelle - 36 sa femme

Louis petit - 8 fils

Pierre petit - 6 fils

Jeanne petit - 5 fille

Paul petit - .4 fils

Et Nicolas petit - 2 fils

The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1668 Trois Rivieres
'Trois-Rivieres (a lot in the town). Vol. I, 1st part, p. 124 - 1668 Nicolas Petit alias Lapreee was the proprietor. No date of the grant.'

Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Page 51

1669 Birth of Child
Marie-Gertrude PETIT was born 29 June 1669, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1671 Birth of Child
Françoise PETIT dite LAPRE was born 28 June 1671, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1671 Marriage of Child
Jeanne-Marie-Anne PETIT dite LAPRE married 26 November 1671, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jean GAUTHIER (GAULTIER)

1681 Canadian Census Ville des Trois-Rivieres
Nicolas Petit, 50
Marie Fauconnelle, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Louis, 22
Paul, 19
Nicolas, 17
Michel, 14
Marie, 12
Francoise, 10

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1683 Marriage of Child
Marie-Gertrude PETIT married 8 November 1683, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Nicolas SENECAL

1686 Marriage of Child
Louis PETIT married 7 January 1686, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Madeleine CHARLES LAJEUNESSE

1689 Marriage of Child
Françoise PETIT dite LAPRE married 10 January 1689, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Leonard LALUE dit LAMONTAGNE

1691 Marriage of Child
Paul PETIT dit LALUMIÈRE married 8 January 1691, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie-Louise BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

1693 Marriage of Child
Nicolas PETIT dit BEAUCHEMIN married 18 October 1693, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville) to Marie RÉGUINDEAU

1697 Death
Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes, Quebec
Nicolas Petit
26 Jun 1697

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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