Madeleine
BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS
(b.
27 April 1726
,
Varennes, Canada, New France
d.
8 April 1795
,
Montréal, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS was born 27 April 1726 in Varennes, Canada, New France
Madeleine BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste FRANCOIS (LEFRANCOIS) and Marie-Anne BRODEUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre LEFRANCOIS dit LEPAGE and Marie-Madeleine TOUSIGNANT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne MESSIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Toussaint MASTA 22 February 1751 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Toussaint MASTA was born 20 June 1717 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus). Toussaint died 22 December 1789 in Mascouche, Québec, Canada (Saint-Henri-de-Mascouche). Toussaint was the child of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC.
Madeleine BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS died 8 April 1795 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Madeleine appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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