Marguerite MORIN dite CHENEVERT

(b. abt. 1790 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Marguerite MORIN dite CHENEVERT was born abt. 1790 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite MORIN dite CHENEVERT was the child of Jean-Baptiste MORIN dit CHENEVERT and Geneviève DESTREMPES and the grandchild of: (paternal) Moise-Josue MORIN dit CHENEVERT and Angélique LEGRIS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste DESTREMPES and Geneviève BURON

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Marguerite married Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE) 2 February 1818 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . Pierre BRISSET (BRISSETTE) was born 19 March 1791 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Alexis BRISSET (BRISSETTE) and Marie-Geneviève GÉLINAS dite LACOURSE.

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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