Félicité
PAQUELIN dite COMTOIS
(b.
13 February 1745
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
18 January 1836
,
La Prairie, Lower Canada
)
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Félicité PAQUELIN dite COMTOIS was born 13 February 1745 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Félicité PAQUELIN dite COMTOIS was the child of Jean PAQUELIN dit COMTOIS and Françoise AUPRY dite LARAMÉE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Louis-Bertrand AUPRY dit LARAMÉE and Anne DUMASSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Félicité married Pierre BOURDEAU 15 June 1761 in La Prairie, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Pierre BOURDEAU was born 5 January 1730 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Pierre died 27 April 1786 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Pierre was the child of Joseph BOURDEAU and Marguerite GUERIN.
Félicité PAQUELIN dite COMTOIS died 18 January 1836 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Félicité appear below.
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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