Abraham Amable
STERN dit WELLS
(b.
25 May 1807
,
Mascouche, Lower Canada
d.
5 June 1878
,
Colchester, Vermont, USA
)
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Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS was born 25 May 1807 in Mascouche, Lower Canada
Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham Amable married Geneviève VALOIS 15 October 1827 in Berthierville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Geneviève VALOIS was born 21 December 1802 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Geneviève died 27 November 1878 in Colchester, Vermont, USA (Malletts Bay). Geneviève was the child of Jacques VALOIS and Marguerite BOUCHER.
Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS died 5 June 1878 in Colchester, Vermont, USA .
son of Johann Stern dit Wells and Marguerite Grenon
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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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