Marie-Françoise
CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL
(b.
19 November 1738
,
Contrecœur, Canada, New France
d.
19 September 1807
,
La Prairie, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL was born 19 November 1738 in Contrecœur, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL was the child of Jean-Baptiste CIRCE dit ST-MICHEL and Marguerite BONIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) François CIRCÉ dit ST-MICHEL and Marie-Madeleine BERTHELOT (maternal) Nicolas BONIN dit ST-MARTIN and Marie-Elisabeth EMERYSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Françoise married Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR 14 February 1763 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Baptiste MENARD dit BRINDAMOUR was born abt. 1735 in France. Jean-Baptiste died 15 May 1815 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité).
Marie-Françoise CIRCE dite ST-MICHEL died 19 September 1807 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Françoise 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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