Abraham (Amable Henry)
WELLS (STERN dit NOEL)
(b.
17 June 1832
,
Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
d.
31 July 1904
,
Colchester, Vermont, USA
)
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Abraham (Amable Henry) WELLS (STERN dit NOEL) was born 17 June 1832 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada
Abraham (Amable Henry) WELLS (STERN dit NOEL) was the child of Abraham Amable STERN dit WELLS and Geneviève VALOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques VALOIS and Marguerite BOUCHERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham (Amable Henry) married Cordelia (Delia) (Leocadie) BELETTE HARPER (HARPIN) (HERPIN) abt. 1856 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Cordelia (Delia) (Leocadie) BELETTE HARPER (HARPIN) (HERPIN) was born 21 September 1837 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Cordelia (Delia) (Leocadie) died 14 July 1889 in Milton, Vermont, USA.
Abraham (Amable Henry) WELLS (STERN dit NOEL) died 31 July 1904 in Colchester, Vermont, 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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