Angelique ARPIN dite POTVIN

(b. abt. 1777 , Québec Province, Canada d. , )

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Angelique ARPIN dite POTVIN was born abt. 1777 in Québec Province, Canada

Angelique ARPIN dite POTVIN was the child of Pierre-Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN and Angelique VEILLEUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre ARPIN dit POTVIN and Marie-Anne VEL dite SANSOUCY (maternal) Jean-Baptiste VERIEU (VEILLEUX) (VERIEUL) and Madeleine LACROIX

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Angelique married Christophe BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE 27 October 1800 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada . Christophe BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE was born 16 May 1734 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Christophe died 30 March 1814 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Christophe was the child of Ignace BRODEUR dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Anne JOUET.

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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