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Pierre-Amable HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was born 13 November 1736 in Repentigny, Canada, New France . Pierre-Amable HUNAULT dit DESCHAMPS was the child of Claude HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Jeanne-Françoise MARION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS and Catherine BEAUCHAMP (maternal) Georges-Guillaume MARION dit FONTAINE and Madeleine DEMERS (DUMAIS)
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 MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? On Sunday mornings, residents of New France attended Mass. The rest of the day was spent playing games or dancing or in friendly visits of one family with another.
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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1736 Birth 13 November 1736
Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)
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