Joseph LAROSE dit CHAGNON

(b. 25 May 1810 , Verchères, Lower Canada d. 25 August 1889 , Verchères, Québec, Canada )

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Joseph LAROSE dit CHAGNON was born 25 May 1810 in Verchères, Lower Canada

Joseph LAROSE dit CHAGNON was the child of Hilaire-Jean-Baptiste CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Elisabeth DANSEREAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste CHAGNON dit LAROSE and Marie-Josephe CHARRON (maternal) Joseph DANSEREAU and Elisabeth GUYON dite LEMOINE

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Joseph married Aglae JACQUES 30 July 1844 in Verchères, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Aglae JACQUES was born 9 April 1825 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Aglae died 19 October 1895 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Aglae was the child of Pascal JACQUES and Felicite GUYON dite LEMOINE.

Joseph LAROSE dit CHAGNON died 25 August 1889 in Verchères, Québec, 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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