Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 February 1837 , Sorel, Lower Canada )

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Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL was the child of Jean LEROUX dit PROVENÇAL and Louise-Charlotte TRUILLIER dite LACOMBE and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean TRULIER (TRULLIER) dit LACOMBE and Marie-Anne BROSSEAU

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Marguerite LEBRUN 30 November 1809 in Sorel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite LEBRUN was born 13 March 1774 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marguerite died 24 February 1862 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marguerite was the child of Bonaventure LEBRUN and Marie-Josephte-Marguerite COUTURIER dite LABONTÉ.

Jean LEROUX dit PROVENCAL died 2 February 1837 in Sorel, Lower Canada .

m. Lebrun Marguerite
m. Neveu Marie-Louise

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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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