Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR

(b. abt. 1668 , Bordeaux, France d. 6 February 1743 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France )

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Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR was born abt. 1668 in Bordeaux, France

Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1692.

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

Jean married Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON 12 February 1692 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Jeanne ELIE dite BRETON was born 12 March 1674 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Jeanne died 30 June 1715 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Jeanne was the child of Jean ELIE dit BRETON and Jeanne LABBE.

Jean married (2) Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN 24 August 1715 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Madeleine GOSSELIN was born 14 February 1692 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 18 November 1754 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Michel GOSSELIN and Marie-Michelle MIVILLE dite DESCHENES.

Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR died 6 February 1743 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France.

son of Thomas Fradet and Anne Rousse

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Occupation

Jean FRADET dit DEFRICHEUR was a Defricheur et Agriculteur.

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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