Michel-Masson
THEODORE dit GILLES
(b.
24 March 1631
,
Tours, St-Pierre-du-Boile, France
d.
4 May 1664
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
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Michel-Masson THEODORE dit GILLES was born 24 March 1631 in Tours, St-Pierre-du-Boile, France
Michel-Masson THEODORE dit GILLES was the child of ? and ?Michel-Masson was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1658.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel-Masson married Jacqueline LAGRANGE 16 September 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacqueline LAGRANGE was born 1 July 1641 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, St-Nicolas, France. Jacqueline died 3 August 1688 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
Michel-Masson THEODORE dit GILLES died 4 May 1664 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Gabriel Theodore and Julienne Durand
Details of the family tree of Michel-Masson appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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