Celeste
LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR
(b.
20 September 1798
,
Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
d.
7 June 1829
,
Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
)
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Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was born 20 September 1798 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR was the child of Etienne LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marguerite CHOUINARD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LECLERC dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Claire THIBAULT (maternal) Joseph-Julien CHOUINARD and Marguerite CARONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Celeste married Germain RICHARD 10 August 1813 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Germain RICHARD was born 3 December 1781 in Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse). Germain died 25 July 1864 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Germain was the child of Jean-Baptiste RICHARD and Marie Anne THÉRIAULT.
Celeste LECLERC dite FRANCOEUR died 7 June 1829 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
Details of the family tree of Celeste 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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