Gilles
DUFAULT dit LEBRETON
Born
abt. 1645
,
France
Died
2 March 1706
,
Champlain, Canada, New France
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Born: abt. 1645 in France
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Gilles was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gilles married Françoise SIMEON 26 July 1678 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Françoise SIMEON was born abt. 1646 in France. Françoise died 15 May 1699 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation).
Gilles DUFAULT dit LEBRETON died 2 March 1706 in Champlain, Canada, New France .
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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)
Spouse & Children of Gilles DUFAULT dit LEBRETON
Gilles DUFAULT dit LEBRETON married 
Françoise SIMEON
Marriage date: 26 July 1678
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Françoise SIMEONMarriage date: 26 July 1678
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Marriage notes:
PRDH indicates that a marriage contract was signed between Gilles Dufault and Francoise Simon at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada in 1678.
"Le 8 septembre 1675, Gilles Dufault vend à Michel Brouillet-Laviolette, nouvellement arrivé de Chambly, une terre de quarante arpents pour la somme de 300 livres. Dufault, charpentier de son métier, épouse, le 26 juillet 1678, Françoise Simon, veuve de Claude Coignac dit Lajeunesse, ancien soldat du régiment de Carignan. (Note : Il mourut à l’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec en mai 1678.) Le contrat de mariage nous apprend que Dufault est le fils de Pierre Dufault et de Marie Rioux, de la paroisse de Châteauneuf, évêché de Cornouailles, en Bretagne, et Françoise Simon, la fille de Pierre Simon et de Marie Gervaise, de la paroisse de Magny, archevêché de Rouen."
Source: Histoire de Sorel
Chapitire II
www.soreltracyregion.net
Children of Gilles DUFAULT dit LEBRETON and Françoise SIMEON
François DUFAULTBorn: 30 April 1680, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 15 October 1753, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Died: 15 October 1753, Saint-Sulpice, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) 27 January 1706 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)
Jean-Joseph DUFAULT dit RACLOSBorn: 3 April 1685, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 22 May 1721, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Died: 22 May 1721, La Pocatière, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Angélique EMOND 14 January 1710 Place: Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)
Louis DUFAULTBorn: 1 June 1687 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 25 May 1753, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Died: 25 May 1753, Longueuil, Canada, New France
Married: Madeleine DANIAU (DANIA) 2 August 1711 Place: Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)
Michel DUFAULTBorn: 11 July 1689 , Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Anne CHIASSON 4 January 1732 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Françoise DUFAULTMarried: Pierre ROCAN (ROCQUAND) dit LAVILLE 26 April 1717 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
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Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 209
1678 Marriage / PartnerGilles DUFAULT dit LEBRETON and Françoise SIMEON 26 July 1678, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
1680 Birth of ChildFrançois DUFAULT was born 30 April 1680, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1685 Birth of ChildJean-Joseph DUFAULT dit RACLOS was born 3 April 1685, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1687 Birth of ChildLouis DUFAULT was born 1 June 1687 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1689 Birth of ChildMichel DUFAULT was born 11 July 1689 , Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1693 Birth of ChildFrançoise DUFAULT was born 8 March 1693, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1699 Death of Spouse/PartnerFrançoise SIMEON died 15 May 1699, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)
Death — 17062 March 1706
Champlain, Canada, New France
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