Agathe
GUAY dite DARAGON
(b.
21 July 1781
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
21 January 1839
,
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada
)
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Agathe GUAY dite DARAGON was born 21 July 1781 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada
Agathe GUAY dite DARAGON was the child of Hippolyte GUAY dit DARAGON and Agathe LUSSIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GUAY dit DARAGON and Marguerite CIRCÉ DITE ST-MICHEL (maternal) Christophe LUSSIER and Angélique DUHAMEL dite SANSFAÇONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Agathe married Francois GAUDET 27 July 1801 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Francois GAUDET was born 18 November 1777 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Francois died 14 July 1829 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Francois was the child of François GAUDET and Marie-Josephe BOUSQUET.
Agathe GUAY dite DARAGON died 21 January 1839 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada.
Details of the family tree of Agathe 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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