Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND

(b. abt. 1750 , Québec Province, Canada d. 10 November 1791 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND was the child of Gabriel RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Marie-Josephe DUBE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Thérèse ST-PIERRE (maternal) Augustin DUBE and Marie-Anne SOUCY

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Marguerite married Benjamin LEBEL 19 January 1768 in Kamouraska, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin LEBEL was born 17 May 1739 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Benjamin died 21 December 1791 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Benjamin was the child of Joseph LEBEL and Helene PARADIS.

Marguerite PHOCAS dite RAYMOND died 10 November 1791 in Québec Province, Canada.

m. Lebel Benjamin

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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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