Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE

(b. 12 October 1710 , Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France d. 29 March 1805 , Lachenaie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE was born 12 October 1710 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Louis GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Angélique BÉLAND and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques GRESLON dit LAFONTAINE and Jeanne VIGNAULT (VIGNEAULT) (maternal) Jean BÉLAND (BELLAN) and Geneviève GAUDIN (GANDIN)

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Marie-Louise married François GIGON 27 October 1738 in Québec, Canada, New France . François GIGON was born abt. 1710 in France.

Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE died 29 March 1805 in Lachenaie, Lower Canada .

m. Gigon Francois

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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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Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE married

François GIGON-- Date: 27 October 1738 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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1710 Birth
12 October 1710
Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE and François GIGON 27 October 1738, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

She was 28 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

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.