Nicolas SAUMIER dit LAJEUNESSE

(b. abt. 1727 , France d. 1 December 1784 , Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Nicolas SAUMIER dit LAJEUNESSE was born abt. 1727 in France

Nicolas SAUMIER dit LAJEUNESSE was the child of ? and ?

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Nicolas married Marie-Angelique LOISELLE 14 February 1763 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Angelique LOISELLE was born 30 July 1745 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Marie-Angelique died 16 April 1826 in Ste-Thérèse, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Angelique was the child of Michel LOISEL (LOISELLE) and Isabelle MONET.

Nicolas SAUMIER dit LAJEUNESSE died 1 December 1784 in Saint-Eustache, Province of Québec, Canada.

son of Michel Saumier and Marguerite Barbier

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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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