Clement GROLIER dit POITEVIN

(b. abt. 1690 , France d. , )

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Clement GROLIER dit POITEVIN was born abt. 1690 in France

Clement GROLIER dit POITEVIN was the child of ? and ?

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Clement married Marie-Louise COUVRET 13 April 1722 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise COUVRET was born 8 February 1702 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Louise died 8 April 1766 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite). Marie-Louise was the child of Victor COUVRET and Marie-Thérèse CHERLOT.

son of François Grolier and Marie Petit

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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