Françoise GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE
Married: François BOUDIER (BOUTIER) 12 February 1748 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Antoine
GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE
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17 December 1781
,
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
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Born: abt. 1700 in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
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Antoine was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1728.
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Antoine married Marguerite-Françoise POYER 12 January 1728 in Chambly, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite-Françoise POYER was born 27 September 1708 in Chambly, Canada, New France . Marguerite-Françoise died 24 December 1770 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite-Françoise was the child of Jacques POYER dit LAPINTADE and Marguerite DUBOIS.
Antoine GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE died 17 December 1781 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Spouse & Children of Antoine GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE
Antoine GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE married Marguerite-Françoise POYER
Marriage date: 12 January 1728
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Françoise POYER was the child of Jacques POYER dit LAPINTADE and Marguerite DUBOIS
Marguerite-Françoise POYERMarriage date: 12 January 1728
Marriage place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Marguerite-Françoise POYER was the child of Jacques POYER dit LAPINTADE and Marguerite DUBOIS
Children of Antoine GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE and Marguerite-Françoise POYER
Geneviève-Amable GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE
Married: François AUBERTIN 28 January 1754 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Marie-Josephe GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE
Born: 19 March 1737, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 27 December 1814, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Died: 27 December 1814, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
Married: Andre MAILLOT 27 August 1754 Place: Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Joseph-Antoine-Marie GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE
Married: Marie-Josephe MENARD 22 February 1773 Place: Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
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Québec Genealogy Notes
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
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- 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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1728 Marriage / PartnerAntoine GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE and Marguerite-Françoise POYER 12 January 1728, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1729 Birth of ChildFrançoise GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE was born 21 December 1729, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1735 Birth of ChildGeneviève-Amable GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE was born 8 August 1735, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1737 Birth of ChildMarie-Josephe GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE was born 19 March 1737, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1743 Birth of ChildJoseph-Antoine-Marie GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE was born 10 November 1743, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1748 Marriage of ChildFrançoise GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE married 12 February 1748, Chambly, Canada, New France to François BOUDIER (BOUTIER)
1754 Marriage of ChildGeneviève-Amable GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE married 28 January 1754, Chambly, Canada, New France to François AUBERTIN
1754 Marriage of ChildMarie-Josephe GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE married 27 August 1754, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France to Andre MAILLOT
1756 Death of ChildGeneviève-Amable GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE died 30 October 1756, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1762 Death of ChildFrançoise GRISE dite VILLEFRANCHE died 30 April 1762, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1770 Death of Spouse/PartnerMarguerite-Françoise POYER died 24 December 1770, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1773 Marriage of ChildJoseph-Antoine-Marie GRISE dit VILLEFRANCHE married 22 February 1773, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada to Marie-Josephe MENARD
Death — 178117 December 1781
Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
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