Jeanne BASSET
Born: 21 December 1667, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Etienne MIRAY (MIRÉ) DE L'ARGENTERIE 29 September 1728 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Benigne
BASSET dit DESLAURIERS
Born
13 November 1628
,
Paris, France
Died
5 August 1699
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
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Benigne was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1659.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benigne married Jeanne VAUVILLIERS 24 November 1659 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne VAUVILLIERS was born abt. 1639 in France. Jeanne died 30 July 1699 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
Benigne BASSET dit DESLAURIERS died 5 August 1699 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Basset and Catherine Coudreau
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Benigne BASSET dit DESLAURIERS
Benigne BASSET dit DESLAURIERS married 
Jeanne VAUVILLIERS
Marriage date: 24 November 1659
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jeanne VAUVILLIERSMarriage date: 24 November 1659
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Children of Benigne BASSET dit DESLAURIERS and Jeanne VAUVILLIERS
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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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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BASSET DES LAURIERS, BÉNIGNE, notary, clerk of court, and surveyor at Montreal, son of Jean Basset, lute-player for the pages of the king’s chamber, and of Catherine Gaudreau; b. c. 1639 in Paris; d. 4 Aug. 1699 at Montreal.
Bénigne Basset seems to have arrived at Montreal in 1657, together with the first Sulpicians, who made him their representative in the bailiff’s court. In 1657 also, following the assassination of Jean de Saint-Père, they appointed him seigneurial notary and clerk of the tribunal. He further became the secretary of the charitable organization and council of the parish of Notre-Dame. The Sieur Gaudais-Dupont appointed him royal notary, and his appointment was ratified by the Conseil Souverain on 18 Oct. 1663. When royal justice was abolished at Montreal (1666), Basset once more became a seigneurial notary. He was also a surveyor: we owe to him the plan of the first streets of Montreal in 1672. As a notary Basset, who made a proud show of his fine handwriting,
Bénigne Basset seems to have arrived at Montreal in 1657, together with the first Sulpicians, who made him their representative in the bailiff’s court. In 1657 also, following the assassination of Jean de Saint-Père, they appointed him seigneurial notary and clerk of the tribunal. He further became the secretary of the charitable organization and council of the parish of Notre-Dame. The Sieur Gaudais-Dupont appointed him royal notary, and his appointment was ratified by the Conseil Souverain on 18 Oct. 1663. When royal justice was abolished at Montreal (1666), Basset once more became a seigneurial notary. He was also a surveyor: we owe to him the plan of the first streets of Montreal in 1672. As a notary Basset, who made a proud show of his fine handwriting,
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Birth — 162813 November 1628
Paris, France
1659 Marriage / PartnerBenigne BASSET dit DESLAURIERS and Jeanne VAUVILLIERS 24 November 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
He was 31 years old.
1667 Birth of ChildJeanne BASSET was born 21 December 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Benigne was 39 years old.
Death — 16995 August 1699
Montréal, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 70.
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