Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Born

May 1821 , Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Died

23 January 1902 , Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

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François DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE

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Born: May 1821 in Sainte-Élisabeth, Lower Canada

Father: François DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE

Mother: Marie-Marguerite MIVILLE

Paternal grandparents: Joseph DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE , Therese BOUCHER

Maternal grandparents: Joseph-Marie MIVILLE , Catherine DURAND

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Isaac married Marie Olympe FAUCHER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie Olympe FAUCHER was born 30 June 1830 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie Olympe died 28 February 1903 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. Marie Olympe was the child of Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL.

Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE died 23 January 1902 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.
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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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Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE married

Marie Olympe FAUCHER
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Marie Olympe FAUCHER was the child of Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Marguerite CARDINAL

Children of Isaac DESROSIERS dit LAFRENIÈRE and Marie Olympe FAUCHER

Isaac DESROSIERS LAFRENIERE FREEMAN

Born: February 1853, Frelighsburgh, Quebec, Canada
Died: November 23, 1916, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA

Married: Exeline LITNO

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