Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS

(b. abt. 1628 , France d. 13 September 1690 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS was born abt. 1628 in France

Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS was the child of ? and ?

Toussaint was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

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

Toussaint married Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET 23 November 1654 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET was born 14 June 1634 in Cognac, Angoumois, France. Marie died 29 November 1700 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes).

Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS died 13 September 1690 in Montréal, Canada, New France .

Son of Nicolas Hunault dit Deschamps and Marie Benoist from St-Pierre es Champs, Picardie, France.

From Rootsweb.com:

"Toussaint was murdered by Gabriel Dumont, Baron De Blaignac, Lieutenant of a company of marines. Dumont ran him through with a sword and fled after the attack."

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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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