Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR

(b. abt. 1752 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 November 1829 , Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada )

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Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR was born abt. 1752 in Québec Province, Canada

Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR was the child of Charles LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Denise-Louise BOUTIN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR and Marie-Anne BOUIN dite DUFRESNE (maternal) Gabriel BOUTIN and Marie-Catherine ROUTIER (ROUTHIER)

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Pierre married Marie-Amable GAUTHIER 12 February 1776 in Sainte-Geneviève, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Amable GAUTHIER was born 18 December 1756 in Sainte-Geneviève, Québec, Canada (Pierrefonds)*. Marie-Amable died 3 January 1841 in Saint-Jérôme, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jerome). Marie-Amable was the child of Jean-Baptiste GAUTHIER and Marie-Amable LARIVIERE.

Pierre LACHAINE dit JOLICOEUR died 27 November 1829 in Sainte-Rose, Laval, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From 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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