Sebastien GRENET dit LACHAPELLE

(b. 31 January 1666 , France d. 12 November 1698 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Sebastien GRENET dit LACHAPELLE was born 31 January 1666 in France

Sebastien GRENET dit LACHAPELLE was the child of ? and ?

Sebastien was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1695.

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

Sebastien married Françoise MARIEN 19 September 1695 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise MARIEN was born 7 October 1677 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Françoise died 16 August 1749 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). Françoise was the child of Louis MARIEN and Françoise PHILIPPEAU.

Sebastien GRENET dit LACHAPELLE died 12 November 1698 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Paul Grenat and Marie Bauder

Details of the family tree of Sebastien appear below.

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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