Marie DROUET dite GRANDMAISON

(b. 3 May 1675 , Québec Province, Canada d. 21 January 1736 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Marie DROUET dite GRANDMAISON was born 3 May 1675 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie DROUET dite GRANDMAISON was the child of Mathurin DROUET dit GRANDMAISON and Marie-Louise BARDOU (BARDEAU)

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

Marie married Pierre DAGENAIS 30 April 1695 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Pierre DAGENAIS was born 21 October 1672 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre died 18 December 1749 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Pierre was the child of Pierre DAGENAIS dit LÉPINE and Anne BRANDON.

Marie DROUET dite GRANDMAISON died 21 January 1736 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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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)

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