Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX

(b. 8 June 1794 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. 23 January 1850 , Saint-Ours, Canada East )

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Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was born 8 June 1794 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX was the child of Pierre PÉLOQUIN FÉLIX and Marguerite HUS COURNOYER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine PELOQUIN and Marie-Josephte ST-MARTIN (maternal) Pierre HUS COURNOYER and Marguerite GOUIN

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

Antoine married Cecile ARPIN dite POITEVIN 10 June 1816 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cecile ARPIN dite POITEVIN was born 12 February 1801 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Cecile died 22 February 1849 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Cecile was the child of Emmanuel HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Cecile PAPILLON.

Antoine PELOQUIN dit FÉLIX died 23 January 1850 in Saint-Ours, Canada East .
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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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