Toussaint
CAVELIER dit LECAVELIER
(b.
6 September 1693
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
d.
abt. 1729
,
)
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Toussaint CAVELIER dit LECAVELIER was born 6 September 1693 in Montréal, Canada, New France
Toussaint CAVELIER dit LECAVELIER was the child of Guillaume CAVELIER and Barbe BEAUDRY and the grandchild of: (maternal) Toussaint BEAUDRY and Barbe BARBIERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Marguerite PARENT 8 August 1729 in Montréal, Canada, New France . Marguerite PARENT was born 7 July 1698 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite died 03 March 1764 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marguerite was the child of Joseph PARENT and Marie-Madeleine MARETTE dite LEPINE.
Toussaint CAVELIER dit LECAVELIER died abt. 1729
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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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