Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS

(b. 12 May 1732 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France d. 23 October 1760 , Yamaska, Canada )

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Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS was born 12 May 1732 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS was the child of Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Martin GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Marie-Françoise PINARD (maternal) Dominque JUTRAS dit DESROSIERS and Marie NIQUET

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Madeleine married Pierre FRONTIGNY 21 September 1751 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre FRONTIGNY was born 22 January 1720 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Pierre died 18 November 1760 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre was the child of Pierre FRONTIGNY dit MÉCHIN and Madeleine LAJOUE.

Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS died 23 October 1760 in Yamaska, Canada .
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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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Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS married

Pierre FRONTIGNY-- Date: 21 September 1751 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
Pierre FRONTIGNY was the child of Pierre FRONTIGNY dit MÉCHIN and Madeleine LAJOUE

Children of Pierre FRONTIGNY and Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS:

Pierre FRONTIGNY (b.27 August 1757, Saint-Ours, Canada, New France d. 27 September 1830, Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Cecile CARTIER 14 May 1781 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

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1732 Birth
12 May 1732
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

1751 Marriage / Partner
Madeleine ARPIN dite DESPINS and Pierre FRONTIGNY 21 September 1751, Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

She was 19 years old.