Denis DIDIER dit DROUET

(b. 10 May 1693 , Champlain, Canada, New France d. 25 March 1736 , New Orleans, Territory of Orleans )

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Denis DIDIER dit DROUET was born 10 May 1693 in Champlain, Canada, New France

Denis DIDIER dit DROUET was the child of Claude DROUET and Marie-Jeanne DESROSIERS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Antoine DESROSIERS and Anne LENEUF DU HÉRISSON

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Denis married Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE 9 October 1718 in Sorel, Canada, New France . Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE was born abt. 1693 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne-Michelle was the child of Pierre LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE and Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE).

Denis DIDIER dit DROUET died 25 March 1736 in New Orleans, Territory of Orleans.
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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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Denis DIDIER dit DROUET married

Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE-- Date: 9 October 1718 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE was the child of Pierre LEMAITRE dit LOTTINVILLE and Marie-Anne CHENAY (CHAINE)

Children

Marie Anne Casaubon b: 3 NOV 1721 in Ile Dupas, Quebec

Michel Casaubon b: ABT. 1725

Children of Denis DIDIER dit DROUET and Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE:

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1693 Birth
10 May 1693
Champlain, Canada, New France

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

1718 Marriage / Partner
Denis DIDIER dit DROUET and Jeanne-Michelle LEMAITRE 9 October 1718, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 25 years old.

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