Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS

(b. 12 March 1737 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France d. , )

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Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS was born 12 March 1737 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS was the child of Guillaume ROY dit DESJARDINS and Marie-Josephe ÉTHIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ROY dit DESJARDINS LAUZIER and Marie-Anne MARTIN (maternal) René ÉTHIER and Marguerite-Madeleine REGEAS dite LAPRADE

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Madeleine married Antoine BOICHU dit PELME 4 April 1758 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BOICHU dit PELME was born 1 July 1731 in Pesme, Franche-Comté, France. Antoine died 13 April 1764 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage).

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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Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS married

Antoine BOICHU dit PELME-- Date: 4 April 1758 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France

Children of Antoine BOICHU dit PELME and Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS:

Marie-Euphronsine BOICHU (b.22 December 1761, L'Assomption, Canada d. 7 June 1793, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Lower Canada)
m. Jean-Baptiste GUENETTE 16 July 1781 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne)

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1737 Birth
12 March 1737
L'Assomption, Canada, New France

1758 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine ROY dite DESJARDINS and Antoine BOICHU dit PELME 4 April 1758, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 21 years old.

1761 Birth of Child
Marie-Euphronsine BOICHU was born 22 December 1761, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Madeleine was 24 years old.

Added: 2/24/2020 9:00:11 AM - Updated: 2/24/2020 9:02:56 AM