Françoise
RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN
(b.
3 November 1741
,
La-Pérade, Canada, New France
d.
14 May 1831
,
Chambly, Lower Canada
)
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Françoise RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN was born 3 November 1741 in La-Pérade, Canada, New France
Françoise RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN was the child of François RAJOTTE dit LANGEVIN and Marie-Anne GUILBAULT dite GRANDBOIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean GUILBAULT-GRANDBOIS and Marie-Louise DASSYLVA (DASYLVA)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Françoise married Louis-Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE 30 June 1778 in Varennes, Province of Québec, Canada . Louis-Jean-Baptiste MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE was born 2 June 1715 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis-Jean-Baptiste died 14 April 1793 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville). Louis-Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jacques MEUNIER dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Geneviève PETIT.
Françoise RAJOTTE dite LANGEVIN died 14 May 1831 in Chambly, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Françoise 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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