Eugenie ROY dite LA PENSÉE

(b. abt. 1764 , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 July 1847 , Lachine, Montréal, Canada East )

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Eugenie ROY dite LA PENSÉE was born abt. 1764 in Québec Province, Canada

Eugenie ROY dite LA PENSÉE was the child of Pierre ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Celeste LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François ROY dit LA PENSÉE and Catherine PLUMEREAU (maternal) Jean LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Marguerite MILLOT (MILOT)

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Eugenie married Antoine BOYER 12 February 1781 in Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine BOYER was born 23 December 1751 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Antoine was the child of Pierre BOYER and Louise MILLOT (MILOT).

Eugenie ROY dite LA PENSÉE died 5 July 1847 in Lachine, Montréal, Canada East .
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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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