Marguerite
VEAU dite SYLVAIN
(b.
26 June 1728
,
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
d.
26 April 1804
,
Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada
)
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Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN was born 26 June 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France
Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN was the child of Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Marguerite LEBRUN dite CARRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Etienne VEAU dit SYLVAIN and Marguerite GAGNON (maternal) Noël LEBRUN dit CARRIER and Anne BROCHUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Louis LEMELIN 19 May 1749 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Louis LEMELIN was born 18 October 1726 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Louis died 2 January 1768 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Louis was the child of Louis-Thomas LEMELIN and Geneviève POULIOT.
Marguerite VEAU dite SYLVAIN died 26 April 1804 in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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