Joseph
MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR
(b.
28 July 1741
,
La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
d.
8 February 1800
,
Berthierville, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was born 28 July 1741 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France
Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR was the child of Antoine MOREAU and Madeleine BRÛLÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR and Françoise-Angélique MÉLINE (maternal) Antoine BRÛLÉ dit FRANCOEUR and Marie-Renée COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR 7 February 1774 in Saint-Cuthbert, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Charlotte COTNOIR was born 29 November 1740 in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Québec, Canada (Isle Dupas). Marie-Charlotte died 3 December 1787 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Charlotte was the child of Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) and Marie-Josephe DESROSIERS DU TREMBLE.
Joseph MOREAU dit FRANCOEUR died 8 February 1800 in Berthierville, Lower Canada .
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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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