Marie-Louise DANIAU dite LAPRISE

(b. abt. 1742 , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 January 1810 , Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada* )

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Marie-Louise DANIAU dite LAPRISE was born abt. 1742 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Louise DANIAU dite LAPRISE was the child of Guillaume DANIAU dit LAPRISE and Marie-Suzanne DUMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean DANIAU dit LAPRISE and Françoise RONDEAU (maternal) Julien DUMONT dit LAFLEUR and Marie-Madeleine TOURNEROCHE

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Marie-Louise married Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE 19 October 1761 in Trois-Rivières, Canada . Joseph VACHER dit LACERTE was born 19 July 1733 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Joseph died 21 August 1789 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Joseph was the child of Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS.

Marie-Louise DANIAU dite LAPRISE died 8 January 1810 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, 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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