Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU

(b. abt. 1758 , Cape Breton, Acadie d. abt. 1813 , River Bourgeois, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU was born abt. 1758 in Cape Breton, Acadie

Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU was the child of Honore BOUCHER and Marie Anne MARRES dite LASONDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOUCHER and Anne HÉBERT (maternal) Marc-Benard MARRES dit LASONDE and Judith PETITPAS

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Louis married Perpetue LANDRY abt. 1784 in Nova Scotia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Perpetue LANDRY was born abt. 1768 in Chezzetcook, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Perpetue died 9 October 1843 in River Bourgeois, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada. Perpetue was the child of Pierre LANDRY and Anne CLERGE.

Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU died abt. 1813 in River Bourgeois, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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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Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU married

Perpetue LANDRY-- Date: abt. 1784 Place: , Nova Scotia, Canada
Perpetue LANDRY was the child of Pierre LANDRY and Anne CLERGE

Children of Louis BOUCHER dit VILLEDIEU and Perpetue LANDRY:

Honore BOUCHER (b.abt. 1791, River Bourgeois, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada d. abt. 1837, , Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Marie LANDRY 1815

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1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.