Michel
HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE
(b.
17 March 1766
,
Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
28 October 1841
,
Saint-Aimé, Canada East
)
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Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE was born 17 March 1766 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada
Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE was the child of Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE and Marie-Louise MILLET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre HEROUX and Angelique CARBONNEAU (maternal) Pierre-Joseph MILLET and Antoinette CAUCHON dite LAVERDIÈRESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Michel married Marguerite-Anne BENOIT 16 July 1787 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marguerite-Anne BENOIT was born 22 October 1768 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Marguerite-Anne died 3 February 1808 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Marguerite-Anne was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Anne Jeanne THIBODEAU.
Michel HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE died 28 October 1841 in Saint-Aimé, Canada East .
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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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