Therese
DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE
(b.
2 March 1756
,
Chambly, Canada, New France
d.
8 October 1817
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE was born 2 March 1756 in Chambly, Canada, New France
Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE was the child of François DEMERS and Josephte-Jeanne LAROCQUE dite LAFONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Robert DEMERS and Marie-Madeleine JETTE (maternal) Guillaume LAROCQUE dit FONTAINE and Jeanne-Catherine BOIVINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Therese married Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 2 October 1775 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . Pierre-Amable LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 22 October 1746 in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Laval, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Amable died 1 February 1816 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Pierre-Amable was the child of Pierre LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Suzanne LABELLE.
Therese DEMERS dite CHEFDEVILLE died 8 October 1817 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
m. Laporte Pierre-Amable
Details of the family tree of Therese 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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