Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE

(b. abt. 1649 , France d. 2 May 1732 , Verchères, Canada, New France )

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Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was born abt. 1649 in France

Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE was the child of ? and ?

Jean-Roch was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1681.

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

Jean-Roch married Jeanne CHARPENTIER 27 April 1681 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne CHARPENTIER was born 3 October 1661 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Jeanne was the child of Jean CHARPENTIER and Barbe RENAUD.

Jean-Roch CASAVANT dit LADÉBAUCHE died 2 May 1732 in Verchères, Canada, New France .

Casavant dit Ladébauche, Jean (1649-1732). Probablement l'ancêtre de tous les Casavant du Québec. Il s'est installé à Contrecœur ou à Lavaltrie, puis à Québec.
- Né à Auch en Gascogne.
- Fils de Jean Casavant et de Marie Guignière.
- Il a épousé Jeanne Charpentier à Contrecœur (Verchères) en 1681.
- Père de Charles-Séraphin (1682), Marie-Anne, Marguerite (1694), Jean-Baptiste (1698) et Pierre (1701).
- Décédé à Verchères.

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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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