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Marie-Charlotte TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was born abt. 1783 in Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Charlotte TESSIER dite LAVIGNE was the child of Jacques TESSIER dit LAVIGNE and Marie-Françoise LAPORTE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre TESSIER and Geneviève-Josephe PARENTEAU (maternal) Joseph LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Louise COULONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Charlotte married Louis-Daniel GELINEAU 25 February 1805 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis-Daniel GELINEAU was born 10 May 1771 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis-Daniel died 13 October 1866 in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Quebec, Canada. Louis-Daniel was the child of Daniel-Louis GELINEAU and Marie-Anne ROBERT.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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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