Catherine-Amable
GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE
(b.
3 June 1731
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
d.
7 September 1799
,
Beloeil, Lower Canada
)
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Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE was born 3 June 1731 in Verchères, Canada, New France
Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE was the child of Louis GUILLET and Marguerite TETREAU (TETREAULT) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUILLET and Marie TROTTIER (maternal) Daniel TETREAU (TETREAULT) and Catherine CHARRONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Catherine-Amable married Joseph VADNAIS 25 October 1756 in Verchères, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph VADNAIS was born 25 October 1734 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage). Joseph died 10 July 1823 in Saint-Césaire, Québec, Canada (St-Cesaire). Joseph was the child of Jean-Baptiste VADENAIS D'ARGENTEUIL and Marguerite-Anne MOUSSEAU dite DÉSILETS.
Catherine-Amable GUILLET dite LAJEUNESSE died 7 September 1799 in Beloeil, Lower Canada .
m. Vadnais Joseph
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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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