Jean Firmin
VALCOURT dit MORIN
(b.
12 August 1798
,
Kamouraska, Lower Canada
d.
11 May 1851
,
Frenchville, Maine, USA
)
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Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN was born 12 August 1798 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada
Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN was the child of Joseph Marie MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Rose GUÉRET dite DUMONT and the grandchild of: (paternal) François MORIN dit VALCOURT and Marie-Anne MICHAUD (maternal) Zacharie GUÉRET dit DUMONT and Marie-Madeleine PARADISSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean Firmin married Elisabeth BOIS 21 April 1823 in Rimouski, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elisabeth BOIS was born 4 March 1800 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Québec, Canada. Elisabeth was the child of Joseph BOIS and Marie-Catherine CARON.
Jean Firmin VALCOURT dit MORIN died 11 May 1851 in Frenchville, Maine, USA .
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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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