Guillaume-Etienne
DEQUOY dit PICARD
(b.
21 November 1742
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
26 May 1818
,
L'Assomption, Lower Canada
)
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Guillaume-Etienne DEQUOY dit PICARD was born 21 November 1742 in Québec, Canada, New France
Guillaume-Etienne DEQUOY dit PICARD was the child of Louis-Etienne DEQUOY dit PICARD and Marie-Josephte GUILBAULT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Joseph-Olivier GUILBAULT and Marie-Charlotte DUBEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Guillaume-Etienne married Marie-Charlotte POULIN 7 January 1766 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Charlotte POULIN was born abt. 1741 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Charlotte died 3 March 1780 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Charlotte was the child of Jean POULIN and Marie-Louise RENAUD dite CANARD.
Guillaume-Etienne DEQUOY dit PICARD died 26 May 1818 in L'Assomption, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Guillaume-Etienne 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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