Felicite BRAULT dite POMANVILLE

(b. abt. 1731 , Québec Province, Canada d. 26 May 1794 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Felicite BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was born abt. 1731 in Québec Province, Canada

Felicite BRAULT dite POMANVILLE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Marie CARON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Georges BRAULT dit POMANVILLE and Barbe BRUNET dite BOURBONNAIS (maternal) Vital CARON and Marie PERTHUIS

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Felicite married Pierre DEFOND 16 January 1758 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France . Pierre DEFOND was born 5 October 1730 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Pierre died 5 July 1803 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Pierre was the child of Pierre DEFOND and Marie-Agnes EMOND.

Felicite BRAULT dite POMANVILLE died 26 May 1794 in Châteauguay, 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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