Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE

(b. abt. 1770 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 January 1795 , Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE was born abt. 1770 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE was the child of Bernard JOLIVET dit LÉPINE and Genevieve-Amable PRESSEAU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre JOLIVET dit LÉPINE and Marie-Anne BLENIER dite JARRY (BLEIGNER) (maternal) André PRESSEAU and Angelique LADOUCEUR dite LAMADELEINE

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Marie-Louise married Pierre DROUIN 13 February 1792 in Sainte-Geneviève, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre DROUIN was born 29 June 1768 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Pierre died 14 January 1831 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Québec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Jean-Baptiste DROUIN and Marie-Madeleine MELOCHE.

Marie-Louise JOLIVET dite LÉPINE died 12 January 1795 in Sainte-Geneviève, 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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