flag female ancestor  Josephte-Ursule  DESHAIES dite TOURIGNY

  (b. 5 June 1736 Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France   d. 2 May 1821 Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )  

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Josephte-Ursule DESHAIES dite TOURIGNY was born 5 June 1736 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Josephte-Ursule DESHAIES dite TOURIGNY was the child of Joseph DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit TOURIGNY   and   Françoise PERROT (PERRAULT) dite TURBAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Pierre DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dit ST-CYR and Marguerite GUILLET (maternal)  Nicolas PERROT (PERRAULT) dit TURBAL and Marguerite-Thérèse BOURBEAU

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

Josephte-Ursule  married  Gabriel DAVID dit LACOURSE 27 July 1761 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Gabriel DAVID dit LACOURSE  was born 17 February 1729 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).  Gabriel died 27 September 1788 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec).  Gabriel was the child of Jean-Baptiste DAVID dit LACOURSE and Marie-Anne DESHAYES (DESHAIES) dite ST-CYR.

Josephte-Ursule DESHAIES dite TOURIGNY died 2 May 1821 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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