Charles GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE

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23 December 1708 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

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Louis GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE Marie-Angélique BÉLAND

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Born: 23 December 1708 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Father: Louis GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE

Mother: Marie-Angélique BÉLAND

Paternal grandparents: Jacques GRESLON dit LAFONTAINE , Jeanne VIGNAULT (VIGNEAULT)

Maternal grandparents: Jean BÉLAND (BELLAN) , Geneviève GAUDIN (GANDIN)

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Charles married Geneviève DUCHESNE 5 May 1749 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . Geneviève DUCHESNE was born 18 October 1713 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Geneviève was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY.

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)

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Geneviève DUCHESNE
Marriage date: 5 May 1749
Marriage place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Geneviève DUCHESNE was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Angélique TREMBLAY

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Birth — 1708
23 December 1708
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1749 Marriage / Partner
Charles GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE and Geneviève DUCHESNE 5 May 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 40 years old.

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