Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT

(b. 4 May 1734 , Bordeaux, France d. 25 February 1803 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT was born 4 May 1734 in Bordeaux, France

Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT was the child of ? and ?

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Antoine married Claire VACHER dite LACERTE 7 August 1758 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . Claire VACHER dite LACERTE was born 12 August 1739 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Claire died 30 June 1812 in Pointe-du-Lac, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada* (Tonnancour) (La Visitation-de-la-Pointe-du-Lac). Claire was the child of Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE and Catherine-Charlotte DUPUIS.

Antoine BIBERON dit ARGENCOURT died 25 February 1803 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .

son of Antoine Biberon and Therese Fortune

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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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