Angélique
DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS
(b.
18 April 1726
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
8 August 1778
,
Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
)
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Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS was born 18 April 1726 in Québec, Canada, New France
Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS was the child of Jean-Baptiste DASSYLVA dit PORTUGAIS and Angélique MINGOU and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pedro Pierre DASSYLVA and Marie-Jeanne GRESLON (maternal) Jean MINGOU and Anne BRUNEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Angélique married Joseph GIRARD 9 January 1747 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph GIRARD was born 15 March 1722 in L'Ancienne Lorette, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation). Joseph died 18 May 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Joseph was the child of Jean GIRARDIN and Marie-Catherine BOURRÉ (BOURRET).
Angélique DASSYLVA dite PORTUGUAIS died 8 August 1778 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
Details of the family tree of Angélique 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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