Marie-Amable
BIGRAS dite FAUVEL
(b.
14 January 1750
,
Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
d.
30 July 1832
,
Rigaud, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Amable BIGRAS dite FAUVEL was born 14 January 1750 in Sainte-Geneviève, Canada, New France
Marie-Amable BIGRAS dite FAUVEL was the child of Francois BIGRAS and Marguerite BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dite MAJOR and the grandchild of: (paternal) François BIGRAS dit FAUVEL and Marie BRUNET (maternal) Etienne BEAUTRON (BOUTRON) dit MAJOR and Angélique PROTEAUMarie-Amable BIGRAS dite FAUVEL died 30 July 1832 in Rigaud, Lower Canada .
m. Lemay Joseph
m. Roy Jacques-Joseph
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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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