Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS

(b. 20 February 1762 , Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada d. 1 July 1846 , Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East )

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Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS was born 20 February 1762 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada

Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS was the child of Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marie-Françoise LEFEBVRE dite DESCÔTEAUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Gabriel ROBIDAS dit MANSEAU and Marguerite CONSTANTINEAU (maternal) Claude LEFEBVRE dit DESCÔTEAUX and Marie-Angelique GAUTHIER

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Gabriel married Marie-Anne LUPIEN dite BARON 9 October 1787 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Anne LUPIEN dite BARON was born 12 December 1766 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Anne died 21 July 1836 in Baie-du-Fèbvre, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Baie-du-Febvre). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean-Baptiste BARON dit LUPIEN and Antoinette PINARD.

Gabriel MANSEAU dit ROBIDAS died 1 July 1846 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada East.
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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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