Josephte GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE

(b. abt. 1735 , Québec Province, Canada d. 24 April 1817 , Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )

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Josephte GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE was born abt. 1735 in Québec Province, Canada

Josephte GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE was the child of Jean GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE and Françoise-Anne DUMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis GRESLON dit LAVIOLETTE and Marie-Jeanne PRINCEAU (PRINSEAU) (maternal) François DUMONT dit LAVIOLETTE and Jeanne DUMAS

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Josephte married Charles LEPAGE dit PAGESI 25 February 1756 in Châteauguay, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles LEPAGE dit PAGESI was born 23 January 1730 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Charles died 22 September 1791 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Charles was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEPAGE PAGESI ST-AMAND and Marie-Anne ONDOYER.

Josephte GRESLON dite LAVIOLETTE died 24 April 1817 in Saint-Jacques, Lower 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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