Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS

(b. abt. 1757 , Québec Province, Canada d. 30 January 1820 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada )

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Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS was born abt. 1757 in Québec Province, Canada

Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS was the child of Joseph-Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Madeleine COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GIGUERE dit DESPINS and Françoise JUTRAS (maternal) Jean-Baptiste COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ and Jeanne RENOUX

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Catherine married Charles-Joseph CREVIER 5 February 1776 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Charles-Joseph CREVIER was born 14 March 1753 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Charles-Joseph died 17 January 1824 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Charles-Joseph was the child of Charles-Etienne CREVIER dit ST-FRANCOIS and Charlotte DIEL.

Catherine GIGUERE dite DESPINS died 30 January 1820 in Saint-François-du-Lac, 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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