Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY

(b. abt. 1744 , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 April 1803 , Yamachiche, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY was born abt. 1744 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY was the child of Jean-François AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Marie-Catherine CONSTANTINEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean AIDE dit CRÉQUY and Catherine-Angélique DELISLE (maternal) Michel CONSTANTINEAU and Elisabeth-Ursule PINEL

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Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BLAIS 30 April 1764 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste-Antoine BLAIS was born 10 April 1741 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Jean-Baptiste-Antoine died 16 June 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine was the child of Jacques BLAIS and Marie-Anne-Jeanne SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR.

Marguerite AIDE dite CRÉQUY died 15 April 1803 in Yamachiche, Lower Canada .

m. Blais Jean-Baptiste

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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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