Blaise Juillet dit Avignon
(26 Feb 1611
- 19 APR 1660
Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois
Blaise Juillet dit
Blaise Juillet dit Avignon
(26 Feb 1611
- 19 APR 1660
Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois
Blaise Juillet dit Avignon
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Son of Jean Julliet and Gabrielle Barbarine
Did you know...When the first settlers came to Canada 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)
Did you know...French Canadians celebrate Dollard Day on the Monday preceding May 25. The day honors a seventeenth-century French war hero. On that same day, the rest of Canada celebrates Victoria Day in honor of Britain's Queen Victoria.
The Life of Blaise Juillet dit Avignon
Source: Countries and Their Cultures - French-Canadians (www.everyculture.com)
1627 - Seigneurial system introduced by King Louis XIV of France, forbade settlement in New France by anyone other than Roman Catholics. (www.worldatlas.com)
Birth 26 Feb 1611
16351635 - France enters Thirty Years War as an active combatant. Franco-Spanish War begins.
Jean de Lauzon becomes the owner of the Island of Montreal.
16361638 - King Louis XIV born in France
"The Island of Mont Real is still being used as a temporary camp and the Savages called the place 'The Island Where There Was a Village'. The Savages like Trois Rivieres better than Kebec, they stop there oftener, and in greater numbers. "
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1641 - Beginning of French and Iroquois Wars
"Fort Maisonneuve (Montreal) is established by (I)-Paul de Maisonneuve (1612-1676) at Point Calliere near the ancient site of Hochelaga. "
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16431643 - King Louis XIII dies, Louis XIV assumes French throne
"Ville-Marie (Montreal) had grown from 50 people to 70 people by this year. "
Iroquois attack Montreal on March 16.
On 21 April 1644, at the age o