flag male ancestor  Edouard  DEROME dit DESCARREAUX

  (b. 11 October 1807 Cap-Santé, Lower Canada   d. )  

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Edouard DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was born 11 October 1807 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada

Edouard DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was the child of Francois DEROME dit DESCARREAUX   and   Marguerite RICHARD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jean-Baptiste DEROME dit DESCARREAUX and Marie-Rose PROULX (maternal)  Alexandre RICHARD and Marguerite LALLIER dite MARCHETERRE





m. Fafard Josephte

Occupation

Edouard DEROME dit DESCARREAUX was a menuisier, cultivateur.
The menuisier, or joiner, was an artisan who built things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter. He was primarily responsible for the manufacture of small works, as opposed to large works. The joiner made small wooden works, furniture and other objects intended for domestic use (doors, tables, cabinets, etc.). His main tools were the plane, the galley, the grooving/plow plane, the handsaw and the mallet.
Source: tfcq.ca

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Did You Know? 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.
Did You Know? 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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