Elisabeth
POITEVIN dite POTVIN
(b.
27 October 1778
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
22 June 1847
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East
)
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Elisabeth POITEVIN dite POTVIN was born 27 October 1778 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada
Elisabeth POITEVIN dite POTVIN was the child of Prisque-Pierre POITEVIN (POTVIN) and Marie-Luce SIMARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel POITEVIN and Françoise TREMBLAY (maternal) Noël SIMARD dit LOMBRETTE and Marguerite COCHON (CAUCHON)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Elisabeth married Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY 24 June 1794 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Joseph-Marie TREMBLAY was born 20 December 1770 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Marie died 31 March 1825 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul-de-Baie-Saint-Paul). Joseph-Marie was the child of Charles TREMBLAY and Felicite DUCHESNE.
Elisabeth POITEVIN dite POTVIN died 22 June 1847 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada East .
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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