Am I Your Ancestor?
VINET dit SOULIGNY Family Tree – Connecting the Past to the Present!
Jean VINET dit SOULIGNY was born abt. 1644
Jean VINET dit SOULIGNY was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean married Jeanne-Philippe ETIENNE 6 November 1672 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne-Philippe ETIENNE was born 23 September 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Jeanne-Philippe died 6 August 1747 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Jeanne-Philippe was the child of Philippe ETIENNE dit DURIVAGE and Marie VIEN (VIENS).
Jean VINET dit SOULIGNY died 2 April 1723 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Pierre Vinet and Marie Guillet
Details of the family tree of Jean appear below.
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)
Find out more about Jean VINET dit SOULIGNY.
Sign In or
Join for FREE! to see the details!
Completely FREE. We will never ask for your credit card or personal information.