Marie-Anne TYRAN dite PROVENCAL

(b. 29 January 1760 , La-Pérade, Canada d. 7 July 1836 , Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne TYRAN dite PROVENCAL was born 29 January 1760 in La-Pérade, Canada

Marie-Anne TYRAN dite PROVENCAL was the child of Jacques TYRAN dit PROVENCAL and Marie-Anne GENDRON and the grandchild of: (maternal) René GENDRON and Nicole LARIOU dite LAFANTAISIE

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Marie-Anne married Joseph THIBAULT dit MONTRET 6 October 1777 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph THIBAULT dit MONTRET was born 27 February 1747 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph died 21 February 1789 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Joseph was the child of François THIBAULT dit LEVEILLE and Veronique SERAT dite COQUILLARD.

Marie-Anne TYRAN dite PROVENCAL died 7 July 1836 in Montréal, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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