Jean
GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE
(b.
15 October 1700
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
4 November 1762
,
Châteauguay, Canada
)
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Jean GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE was born 15 October 1700 in Québec, Canada, New France
Jean GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE was the child of Louis GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Jeanne PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GRESLON dit LAFONTAINE and Jeanne VIGNAULT (VIGNEAULT) (maternal) Louis PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU) and Marie-Reine CHARPENTIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Françoise-Anne DUMONT 30 September 1726 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise-Anne DUMONT was born 5 January 1701 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Françoise-Anne died 18 February 1772 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Françoise-Anne was the child of François DUMONT dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne DUMAS.
Jean GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE died 4 November 1762 in Châteauguay, Canada .
m. Dumont Francoise-Anne
Details of the family tree of Jean 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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