Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE

Born

28 January 1709 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

31 December 1762 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: 28 January 1709 in Port Royal, Acadia

Parents of Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE

Father

Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE

Mother

Madeleine TRAHAN

Grandparents of Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE

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Maternal grandparents

Guillaume TRAHAN Madeleine BRUN

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Jean married Marie Marguerite COMEAU 2 May 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Marguerite COMEAU was born 24 September 1710 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie Marguerite died 27 May 1779 in Charlottetown, St. John's Island . Marie Marguerite was the child of Abraham COMEAU and Marguerite PITRE.

Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE died 31 December 1762 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE

Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE married

Marie Marguerite COMEAU
Marriage date: 2 May 1730
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Marguerite COMEAU was the child of Abraham COMEAU and Marguerite PITRE

Children of Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Marie Marguerite COMEAU

Marguerite Anne LEGER

Born: 6 April 1733, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 1 January 1826, Tidache, Cap Pele, New Brunswick, Canada

Married: Pierre Dit Pitre DOIRON 1758 Place: , Acadia

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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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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Birth — 1709
28 January 1709
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1730 Marriage / Partner
Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Marie Marguerite COMEAU 2 May 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 21 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Marguerite Anne LEGER was born 6 April 1733, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean was 24 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)