Madeleine
GAGNE dite POITEVIN
(b.
13 November 1769
,
Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
2 November 1816
,
Yamaska, Lower Canada
)
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Madeleine GAGNE dite POITEVIN was born 13 November 1769 in Yamaska, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine GAGNE dite POITEVIN was the child of Louis GAGNE dit POITEVIN and Marie-Madeleine RENAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Michel GAGNE dit POITEVIN and Marie-Jeanne PREVOST (maternal) Louis RENAUD and Marie SAVARDSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Basile BENOIT 9 January 1792 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Basile BENOIT was born 2 March 1772 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche). Basile died 28 April 1810 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Basile was the child of Joseph BENOIT and Anne Jeanne THIBODEAU.
Madeleine GAGNE dite POITEVIN died 2 November 1816 in Yamaska, Lower Canada .
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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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