Antoinette LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT

(b. abt. 1755 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Antoinette LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada

Antoinette LEMIRE dite FOUCAULT was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEMIRE dit FOUCAULT and Marie-Catherine PINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François LEMIRE dit GONNEVILLE and Françoise-Louise FOUCAULT (maternal) Antoine PINARD and Marie JUTRAS

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

Antoinette married François LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ 7 November 1774 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
François LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ was born 20 February 1753 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . François died 11 August 1834 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). François was the child of Claude LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ and Marie-Antoinette JUTRAS.

m. Lampron Francois

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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