Michel GAMELIN dit GAUCHER

(b. abt. 1699 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Michel GAMELIN dit GAUCHER was born abt. 1699 in Québec Province, Canada

Michel GAMELIN dit GAUCHER was the child of Pierre GAMELIN dit CHATEAUVIEUX and Marie-Jeanne MAUGRAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAMELIN dit LAFONTAINE and Marguerite CREVIER (maternal) Jacques MAUGRAS and Marie-Jeanne MORAL

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Michel married Charlotte CATALOGNE 28 December 1735 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Charlotte CATALOGNE was born 31 March 1712 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Charlotte died 12 February 1791 in Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine). Charlotte was the child of Gedeon CATALOGNE and Marie-Anne LEMIRE.

m. Catalogne Charlotte

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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