Joseph-Alexis
BIGOT dit DORVAL
(b.
29 October 1752
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
d.
25 April 1810
,
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph-Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL was born 29 October 1752 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Joseph-Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL was the child of Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL and Marie-Josephte BARRETTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel BIGOT dit DORVAL and Marie-Anne TOUTANT (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BARET (BARETTE) (BARRETTE) and Marie-Angélique PROVENCHERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph-Alexis married Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX 12 February 1776 in Québec Province, Canada . Marguerite LEFEBVRE dite LACROIX was born 21 February 1757 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Marguerite died 27 April 1835 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE dit LACROIX and Therese TOUPIN.
Joseph-Alexis BIGOT dit DORVAL died 25 April 1810 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Lower Canada .
m. Lefebvre Marguerite
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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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