Joseph
VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT
(b.
13 December 1722
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France
d.
14 February 1794
,
Nicolet, Lower Canada
)
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VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT Genealogy
Joseph VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT was born
13 December 1722
in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France.
Joseph VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT
was the child of
François VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT
and
Marie-Josephte LEFETTEY
and the grandchild of:
(paternal)
François-Noel VANASSE and
Jeanne FOURRIER
(maternal)
Jean LE FETTEY dit LAMONTAGNE and
Suzanne RABOUIN
Joseph VANASSE dit PRÉCOURT died 14 February 1794 in Nicolet, Lower Canada .
m. Desrosiers Madeleine
m. Lampron Marie-Anne
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Over time, Quebec 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 Quebec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Quebec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.
Quebec - Did you know? Habitants spent the wintertime cleaning and repairing tools and tending the animals. In spring they ...Read MORE...Elspeth Deir et al., Canada: The story of our heritage, Grade 7 (Whitby, ON: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2000)
What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Canada 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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Birth
13 December 1722
Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Death 14 February 1794
Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
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Birth 13 December 1722
Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Death 14 February 1794Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste)
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