Agathe
BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX
(b.
28 January 1768
,
Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
3 December 1836
,
Napierville, Lower Canada
)
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Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX was born 28 January 1768 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada
Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX was the child of Etienne BIRTZ dit DESMARTEAUX and Marguerite ROBERT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre ROBERT and Marguerite PROVOSTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Agathe married Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) 21 January 1788 in Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste DUTEAU (BLUTEAU) was born 11 May 1763 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-la-Petite-Rivière). Jean-Baptiste died 17 May 1846 in Napierville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Cyprien) (Saint-Édouard). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Etienne BLUTEAU and Marie-Reine BOUCHER.
Agathe BIRTZ dite DESMARTEAUX died 3 December 1836 in Napierville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Agathe 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)
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