Agathe FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE

(b. abt. 1736 , Québec Province, Canada d. 11 November 1761 , Berthierville, Canada )

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Agathe FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was born abt. 1736 in Québec Province, Canada

Agathe FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François FOUCAULT dit COURCHESNE and Marie-Anne GERLAISE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-François FOUCAULT and Elisabeth PROVOST (PREVOST) (maternal) Jean JACQUET ST-AMAND dit GERLAISE and Marie-Jeanne TRUDEL

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Agathe married Pierre-Daniel-Louis COUTU 26 May 1755 in Maskinongé, Canada, New France . Pierre-Daniel-Louis COUTU was born 4 January 1728 in Saint-Sulpice, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Daniel-Louis died 20 January 1792 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre-Daniel-Louis was the child of Daniel-Louis COUTU (COTTU) and Catherine CHARPENTIER dite SANSFAÇON.

Agathe FOUCAULT dite COURCHESNE died 11 November 1761 in Berthierville, 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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