Madeleine MENARD dite RIVIERE

(b. 7 August 1698 , Boucherville, Canada, New France d. , )

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Madeleine MENARD dite RIVIERE was born 7 August 1698 in Boucherville, Canada, New France

Madeleine MENARD dite RIVIERE was the child of Unknown UNKNOWN and Marie-Catherine MENARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques MENARD dit LAFONTAINE and Catherine FORESTIER (FORTIER)

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Madeleine married Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE 3 November 1722 in Boucherville, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was born 5 October 1696 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jean-Claude died 27 January 1768 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Jean-Claude was the child of Jean DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marguerite VERDON.

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 MENARD dite RIVIERE married

Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE-- Date: 3 November 1722 Place: Boucherville, Canada, New France
Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was the child of Jean DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Marguerite VERDON

Children of Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE and Madeleine MENARD dite RIVIERE:

Jean-François DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE (b.11 August 1723, Boucherville, Canada, New France d. 25 March 1784, Lachine, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Josephte MARTIN dite LADOUCEUR 27 January 1744 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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1698 Birth
7 August 1698
Boucherville, Canada, New France

1722 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine MENARD dite RIVIERE and Jean-Claude DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE 3 November 1722, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

She was 24 years old.

1723 Birth of Child
Jean-François DESFORGES dit ST-MAURICE was born 11 August 1723, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Madeleine was 25 years old.

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