Benoit (Benoni)
CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE
(b.
10 July 1773
,
L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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Benoit (Benoni) CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE was born 10 July 1773 in L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada
Benoit (Benoni) CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE was the child of Charles CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE and Victoire CHRISTIN dite ST-AMOUR and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph CHEVAUDIER dit LEPINE and Marie-Josephe-Louise BRIEN dite DESROCHES (maternal) François CHRISTIN dit ST-AMOUR and Catherine-Therese JANOT dite LACHAPELLESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Benoit (Benoni) married Elisabeth MARCIL 11 February 1794 in Joliette, Lower Canada . Elisabeth MARCIL was born abt. 1767 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Elisabeth was the child of Jean-Baptiste-Amable MARCIL and Marie-Angélique DESMARAIS.
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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