Madeleine COITOU dite ST JEAN

(b. 21 December 1729 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 9 November 1757 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France )

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Madeleine COITOU dite ST JEAN was born 21 December 1729 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Madeleine COITOU dite ST JEAN was the child of Pierre COITOU dit ST-JEAN and Marie VENNE (VOYNE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean COITOU dit ST-JEAN and Marie-Thérèse PETIT (maternal) Jean-Francois-Baptiste VENNE (VOYNE) and Françoise BEACHAMP

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Madeleine married Louis ROCAN (ROQUAN) dit LAVILLE 26 January 1750 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France . Louis ROCAN (ROQUAN) dit LAVILLE was born 24 August 1722 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Louis died 14 January 1758 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Louis was the child of Pierre ROCAN (ROCQUAND) dit LAVILLE and Françoise DUFAULT.

Madeleine COITOU dite ST JEAN died 9 November 1757 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France .
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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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Louis ROCAN (ROQUAN) dit LAVILLE-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: L'Assomption, Canada, New France
Louis ROCAN (ROQUAN) dit LAVILLE was the child of Pierre ROCAN (ROCQUAND) dit LAVILLE and Françoise DUFAULT

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1729 Birth
21 December 1729
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1750 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine COITOU dite ST JEAN and Louis ROCAN (ROQUAN) dit LAVILLE 26 January 1750, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

She was 20 years old.