Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG

(b. abt. 1738 , Québec Province, Canada d. 13 December 1780 , Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG was born abt. 1738 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG was the child of Joseph BRUNET dit LETANG and Marie-Françoise BARBARY dite GRANDMAISON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BRUNET dit LETANG and Marie PERRIER (maternal) Pierre BARBARY dit GRANDMAISON and Marie-Françoise PARÉ

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Marie-Anne married Eustache DEMERS 28 July 1764 in Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Eustache DEMERS was born 14 April 1742 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Eustache died 6 January 1815 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Eustache was the child of Francois-De-Sales DEMERS (DUMAIS) and Marie-Anne LANTHIER.

Marie-Anne BRUNET dite LETANG died 13 December 1780 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, 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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