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Québec Place Names Through History
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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1769 Marriage / Partner Andre AURE dit LAFERRIERE and Geneviève LAVENTURE dite MADRAN 9 January 1769 , Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)
1771 Birth of Child Genevieve LAFERRIERE was born 15 February 1771, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
1774 Birth of Child Pierre-Andre AURE dit LAFERRIERE was born 16 October 1774, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
1776 Birth of Child Joseph AURE dit LAFERRIERE was born 14 October 1776, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
1779 Birth of Child Marie LAFERRIERE was born 2 October 1779, Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada
Andre
AURE dit LAFERRIERE
Geneviève LAVENTURE dite MADRAN
1769 Marriage / Partner
1771 Birth of Child
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
Death — 1814
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