Germain
ROY dit VOISINE
Perpetue LEVASSEUR Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Germain's Québec records.
Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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Birth — 1780
1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)
1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada
1803 Marriage / Partner1804 Birth of Child1805 Birth of Child1808 Birth of Child1813 Birth of Child1816 Birth of Child1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.
1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England
1824 Death of Spouse/Partner1825 Marriage of Child1830 Marriage of Child1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England1836 Death of Child1836 Marriage of Child1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada1842 Marriage of Child 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England) 1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.1862 Marriage of ChildDeath — 1867View charts and other tools for this ancestor and family.
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