Toussaint
DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN
(b.
1 November 1774
,
Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
7 September 1854
,
Donnacona, Canada East
)
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Toussaint DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN was born 1 November 1774 in Donnacona, Province of Québec, Canada
Toussaint DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN was the child of Prisque DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN and Marie-Rosalie TREPANIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste TOUPIN dit DUSAULT and Thérèse TURCOT (maternal) Augustin TREPANIER and Angélique DERYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Geneviève FOURNIER 22 October 1798 in Neuville, Portneuf, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Geneviève FOURNIER was born 6 May 1774 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Geneviève died 3 September 1837 in Donnacona, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste-des-Écureuils) (Les Ecureuils). Geneviève was the child of Jean-Baptiste FOURNIER dit LIEVIN and Josephte MATTE.
Toussaint DUSSAULT dit TOUPIN died 7 September 1854 in Donnacona, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Toussaint 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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