Joseph DAVID dit LACOURSE

(b. abt. 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 March 1826 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Joseph DAVID dit LACOURSE was born abt. 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph DAVID dit LACOURSE was the child of François-Xavier DAVID dit LACOURSE and Catherine PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE and Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR (maternal) Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL and Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph married Marie-Thérèse MORISSET (MORISSETTE) 9 January 1786 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Thérèse MORISSET (MORISSETTE) was born 31 October 1755 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada. Marie-Thérèse died 16 August 1824 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Thérèse was the child of François MORISSET and Marie-Geneviève GARNIER (GRENIER).

Joseph DAVID dit LACOURSE died 13 March 1826 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .

m. Morisset Therese

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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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