Therese
COLLETTE dite PICARD
(b.
6 January 1749
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
17 February 1817
,
Varennes, Lower Canada
)
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Therese COLLETTE dite PICARD was born 6 January 1749 in Québec, Canada, New France
Therese COLLETTE dite PICARD was the child of Noel COLLETTE dit PICARD and Marguerite DORION and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Joseph COLLET (COLLETTE) and Marguerite COURTOIS (maternal) Pierre DORION and Jeanne-Andree HÉDOUINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Therese married Georges LAURENT 3 February 1777 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Georges LAURENT was born 26 July 1755 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Georges died 3 May 1822 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Georges was the child of Jean-Georges LAURENT dit LASSONDE and Jeanne GRIAULT dite LARIVIERE.
Therese COLLETTE dite PICARD died 17 February 1817 in Varennes, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Therese 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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