Thérèse
FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE
(b.
6 August 1778
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 June 1832
,
Berthierville, Lower Canada
)
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Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE was born 6 August 1778 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada
Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE was the child of Louis-Joseph FAUCHER and Marie-Angélique MERCURE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste FAUCHER and Marie-Françoise JOUINEAU (maternal) Jean-François MERCURE and Marie-Anne DORÉSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thérèse married Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES 14 January 1799 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Laurent LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES was born 12 February 1777 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 1 July 1826 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Laurent was the child of Pierre-Sulpice LAPORTE dit ST-GEORGES and Marie-Felicite DELAUMAY (DELOME).
Thérèse FAUCHER dite ST-MAURICE died 15 June 1832 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thérèse appear below.
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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