Cecile
LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE
(b.
2 September 1774
,
La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
16 December 1854
,
St-Janvier-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada
)
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Cecile LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE was born 2 September 1774 in La-Pérade, Province of Québec, Canada
Cecile LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Françoise HAMON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEFEBVRE dit VILLEMURE and Marie-Jeanne LAFOND dite MONGRAIN (maternal) Jean-Baptiste-Vincent HAMOND (HAMMOND) (ÉMOND) and Angélique PELLETIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Cecile married Pierre GUENETTE abt. 1793 in Québec Province, Canada . Pierre GUENETTE was born 24 April 1772 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Pierre died 28 April 1855 in St-Janvier, Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. Pierre was the child of Etienne GUENET and Marie-Josephte LACASSE.
Cecile LEFEBVRE dite VILLEMURE died 16 December 1854 in St-Janvier-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Cecile 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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