Dorothee
DANIS dite TOURANGEAU
(b.
14 June 1782
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
12 May 1832
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
)
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Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU was born 14 June 1782 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Dorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU was the child of Louis-Laurent DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Marie-Josephe FORVILLE dite PAPINEAU TESTARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph DANIS dit TOURANGEAU and Catherine PLANTE dite PATENAUDE (maternal) Joseph FORVILLE dit PAPINEAU and Marie-Louise ABRAHAM dite DESMARAISDorothee DANIS dite TOURANGEAU died 12 May 1832 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
m. Salois Francois
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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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