Marguerite VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1832 , Saint-Rémi, Lower Canada )

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Marguerite VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Marguerite VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE was the child of Jacques-François VIAU and Marie-Catherine GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques VIAU dit LESPÉRANCE and Marie-Anne-Antoinette GOGUET (maternal) Joseph GAGNÉ and Marie-Josephe BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE

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Marguerite married Jean-Louis MONBLEAU dit LATULIPPE 26 November 1770 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . Jean-Louis MONBLEAU dit LATULIPPE was born 8 May 1745 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Jean-Louis died 5 January 1802 in Saint-Constant, Québec, Canada. Jean-Louis was the child of Pierre MONBLEAU (MAUBLOT) and Clemence LAROCHE.

Marguerite VIAU dite LESPÉRANCE died 28 June 1832 in Saint-Rémi, 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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