Elisabeth
VACHER dite LACERTE
(b.
1 March 1740
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
d.
27 June 1824
,
Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada
)
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Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE was born 1 March 1740 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste VACHER dit LACERTE and Françoise PROULX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Guillaume-Guy VACHER dit LACERTE and Marguerite BENOIT (maternal) Claude PROULX and Isabelle ROBIDAS dite MANSEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elisabeth married Joseph SYLVESTRE 7 August 1760 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Joseph SYLVESTRE was born 4 May 1734 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Joseph died 3 October 1787 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Joseph was the child of Pierre SYLVESTRE and Marie-Angélique BORDELEAU.
Elisabeth VACHER dite LACERTE died 27 June 1824 in Saint-Eustache, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Elisabeth 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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