Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR

(b. 8 April 1734 , Varennes, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1767 , Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR was born 8 April 1734 in Varennes, Canada, New France

Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR was the child of Jacques BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BRISETOUT dit LAVIGNE and Françoise VIAU (maternal) Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) and Marie-Anne BRODEUR

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

Marie-Josephte married Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ 10 April 1752 in Varennes, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ was born 28 October 1728 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Honore-Joseph was the child of Jacques GAGNÉ and Helene PERRON.

Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR died 21 January 1767 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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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Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR married

Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ-- Date: 10 April 1752 Place: Varennes, Canada, New France
Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ was the child of Jacques GAGNÉ and Helene PERRON

Children of Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ and Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR:

Marie-Josephte GAGNÉ (b.abt. 1753, , Québec Province, Canada d. , )
m. Toussaint RENAUD 17 October 1808 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Archange GAGNÉ (b.7 December 1758, Varennes, Canada, New France d. 21 March 1804, L'Acadie, Lower Canada )
m. Michel BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 10 January 1785 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil)

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1734 Birth
8 April 1734
Varennes, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Josephte LAVIGNE dite BRODEUR and Honore-Joseph GAGNÉ 10 April 1752 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

She was 18 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1758 Birth of Child
Archange GAGNÉ was born 7 December 1758, Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Marie-Josephte was 24 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.