Jean-Damien TALBOT dit GERVAIS

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 23 February 1806 , L'Islet, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Damien TALBOT dit GERVAIS was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Damien TALBOT dit GERVAIS was the child of Jean TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Barbe FORTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Jacques TALBOT dit GERVAIS and Charlotte SOMMEREUX (maternal) Pierre FORTIN and Gertrude HUDON dite BEAULIEU

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Jean-Damien married Angélique RICHARD 23 November 1761 in Cap-St-Ignace, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Angélique RICHARD was born 2 February 1738 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola). Angélique died 7 September 1832 in L'Islet, Québec, Canada (L'Islet-sur-Mer) (Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours). Angélique was the child of Francois RICHARD and Charlotte-Françoise BERNIER.

Jean-Damien TALBOT dit GERVAIS died 23 February 1806 in L'Islet, Lower Canada .
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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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