Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE

(b. abt. 1680 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1736 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE was born abt. 1680 in Port Royal, Acadia

Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE was the child of Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE and Jeanne BERNARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Andre (Rene) BERNARD and Marie-Andree GUYON

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Anne married Jean BREAU (BRAULT) abt. 1701 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Jean BREAU (BRAULT) was born abt. 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean died 17 April 1751 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jean was the child of Vincent BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie BOURC (BOURG).

Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE died abt. 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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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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Family and Children of Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE

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Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE married

Jean BREAU (BRAULT)-- Date: abt. 1701 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Jean BREAU (BRAULT) was the child of Vincent BREAU (BRAULT) and Marie BOURC (BOURG)

In 1700-1 Jean, married Anne Chiasson dit Lavallée, daughter of Guyon Denis Chiasson dit Lavallée and Jeanne Bernard, in Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

son, Ambroise Brau, baptised 11 October 1705, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

son, Jean Baptiste Brau, baptised 30 November 1707, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

daughter, Jeanne Brau, baptised 29 Dec 1709, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

son, Pierre Brau, baptised, 29 Apr 1712, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

daughter, Anne Brau, baptised 28 Oct 1713, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

son, Antoine Brau, baptised 16 Jan 1717, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

daughter, Anne Brau, baptised 16 April 1720, St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia

Source:
An Acadian Parish Remembered
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste
Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Children of Jean BREAU (BRAULT) and Anne CHIASSON dite LAVALLEE:

Ambroise BREAU (BRAULT) (b.11 October 1705, Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 October 1756, Rochefort, France)
m. Marie Anne MICHEL 29 October 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie BREAU (BRAULT) (b.abt. 1706, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Charles GUILBAULT 25 January 1740 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean BRAULT (b.30 November 1707, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Catherine-Josephe BOURGEOIS 15 April 1731 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jeanne BREAUX (BRAULT) (b.29 December 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. 31 March 1765, Le Mirebalais, Haiti)
m. Jacques MICHEL 13 February 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) (b.28 April 1712, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marie MELANSON 7 November 1735 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne BREAU (BRAULT) (b.28 October 1713, Port Royal, Acadia d. 9 March 1715, Port Royal, Acadia )

Antoine BREAU (BRAULT) (b.16 October 1717, Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 December 1772, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Ursule BLANCHARD 31 January 1746 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Marguerite DOUCET 13 November 1747 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne BRAULT (b.15 April 1720, Port Royal, Acadia d. , , Canada)
m. Charles MELANSON 17 January 1746 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Simon BRAULT (b.abt. 1725, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Josephe MICHEL 17 January 1746 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1705 Birth of Child
Ambroise BREAU (BRAULT) was born 11 October 1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1707 Birth of Child
Jean BRAULT was born 30 November 1707, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1709 Birth of Child
Jeanne BREAUX (BRAULT) was born 29 December 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1712 Birth of Child
Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) was born 28 April 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1713 Birth of Child
Anne BREAU (BRAULT) was born 28 October 1713, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 Death of Child
Anne BREAU (BRAULT) died 9 March 1715, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1717 Birth of Child
Antoine BREAU (BRAULT) was born 16 October 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1720 Birth of Child
Anne BRAULT was born 15 April 1720, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1726 Marriage of Child
Ambroise BREAU (BRAULT) married 29 October 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Anne MICHEL

1730 Marriage of Child
Jeanne BREAUX (BRAULT) married 13 February 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jacques MICHEL

1731 Marriage of Child
Jean BRAULT married 15 April 1731, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Catherine-Josephe BOURGEOIS

1735 Marriage of Child
Pierre BREAU (BRAULT) married 7 November 1735, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie MELANSON

Anne is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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