Madeleine
LAMY dite ORESTEILLE
(b.
10 February 1746
,
Montmagny, Canada, New France
d.
14 March 1828
,
Montmagny, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE was born 10 February 1746 in Montmagny, Canada, New France
Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE was the child of Mathieu ORESTEILLE dit LAMY and Elisabeth METIVIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-François METIVIER and Marie-Simone BALARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Jean-François GAMACHE 27 January 1767 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jean-François GAMACHE was born 12 May 1742 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Jean-François died 5 December 1795 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Jean-François was the child of Louis GAMACHE and Madeleine THIBAULT.
Madeleine LAMY dite ORESTEILLE died 14 March 1828 in Montmagny, Lower Canada .
m. Gamache Jean-Francois
Details of the family tree of Madeleine 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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