François LEVRON dit NANTAIS

(b. abt. 1653 , France d. 23 June 1714 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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François LEVRON dit NANTAIS was born abt. 1653 in France

François LEVRON dit NANTAIS was the child of ? and ?

François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

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

François married Catherine SAVOIE abt. 1676 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Catherine SAVOIE was born abt. 1662 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Catherine was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE.

François LEVRON dit NANTAIS died 23 June 1714 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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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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François LEVRON dit NANTAIS married

Catherine SAVOIE-- Date: abt. 1676 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Catherine SAVOIE was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE

"Francois Levron dit Nantois, born in France in c1651, arrived at Port-Royal soon after the first Acadian census was taken in 1671. In c1676, he married Catherine, daughter of Francois Savoie, at Port-Royal. Francois dit Nantois died at Port-Royal in June 1714, in his early 60s. He and Catherine had 10 children, all born at Port-Royal. Their daughters married into the Benoit, Comeau, Garceau dit Tranchemontagne, Labauve, Maucaïre, Picot dit La Rigeur, Richard dit Boutin, and Vincent families. Three of their four sons created families of their own"

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Children of François LEVRON dit NANTAIS and Catherine SAVOIE:

Jacques LEVRON (b.abt. 1677, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marie DOUCET 8 January 1710 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Madeleine LEVRON (b.abt. 1681, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Clement VINCENT 1698

Anne LEVRON (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Marie LEVRON (b.abt. 1685, Port Royal, Acadia d. 1 August 1727, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean GARCEAU dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE 20 November 1703 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Alexandre RICHARD 26 December 1711 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Elisabeth Isabelle LEVRON dite NANTAIS (b.abt. 1688, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Michel PICOT dit LARIGUEUR 3 November 1705 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Yves (Yvon) MAUCAIRE (MANCAIRE) 8 January 1712 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Étienne COMEAU 20 November 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph LEVRON (b.abt. 1691, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Rose VERONNEAU 13 September 1722 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
m. Catherine BRUNET 26 January 1750

Jean Baptiste LEVRON (b.abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Françoise LABAUVE 13 January 1716 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Jeanne LEVRON (b.abt. 1694, Port Royal, Acadia d. 19 January 1751, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Augustin COMEAU 12 February 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre LEVRON (b.abt. 1696, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Madeleine LEVRON (b.abt. 1700, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, August 27, 1983

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1678 Acadian Census
Francois Levron & Catherine Savoye

1 boy 1 1677 Jacques
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Francois LEVRON 33, Catherine SAVOYE 20; children: Jacques 9, Magdelaine 5, Anne 2, Marie 1; 8 cattle, 7 sheep.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal, Acadia
1693 Port Royal: Francois Leuvion 42, wife Catherine Savoye 34, Jacques 14, Magdelene 11, Anne 9, Marie 7, Elisabet 3, Joseph 2, Jean Baptiste 1; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs, 15 arpents, 1 gun.

1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1698 Port Royal
Francois LEVERON 50; Catherine SAVOIE (wife) 38; Jacque 23; Anne 14; Marie 12; Elisabeth 10; Jeanne 4; Jean-Baptiste 7; Pierre 2; 10 cattle, 13 sheep, 2 hogs, 15 arpents, 20 fruit trees,
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
1700 Port Royal: Francois Leuron 49, wife Catherine Savoie 41, Jacques 21, Joseph 9, Jean Baptiste 8, Madelaine 8, Anne 16, Marie 14, Elisabet 10; 12 cattle, 18 sheep, 15 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1703 Port Royal
1703 Port Royal: Francois Leuron, wife, 4 boys, 4 girls

1703 Marriage of Child
Marie LEVRON married 20 November 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jean GARCEAU dit TRANCHEMONTAGNE

1705 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle LEVRON dite NANTAIS married 3 November 1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Michel PICOT dit LARIGUEUR

1707 Port Royal
1707 Port Royal: Le bonhomme Nantois, wife, 2 boys 14 or older, 2 younger boys, 2 girls 12 or older, 1 younger girl; 2 cattle, 2 hogs, ½ arpent, 1 gun.

1710 Marriage of Child
Jacques LEVRON married 8 January 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie DOUCET

1711 Marriage of Child
Marie LEVRON married 26 December 1711, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Alexandre RICHARD

1712 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth Isabelle LEVRON dite NANTAIS married 8 January 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Yves (Yvon) MAUCAIRE (MANCAIRE)

1714 Death
23 June 1714 Burial François Levron

François Levron dit Nantois died at Annapolis Royal in June 1714, in his early 60s.

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The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Francois is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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