Simon RATIER dit RAYMOND

(b. 22 April 1742 , Nicolet, Canada, New France d. 21 January 1810 , Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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Simon RATIER dit RAYMOND was born 22 April 1742 in Nicolet, Canada, New France

Simon RATIER dit RAYMOND was the child of Raymond RATIER and Marguerite ONDOYER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Martin-Antoine ONDOYER and Marie ENARD dite LOUBIER

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Simon married Marie-Angélique ROBERT 10 January 1763 in Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada . Marie-Angélique ROBERT was born 24 May 1740 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Angélique died 7 December 1821 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Marie-Angélique was the child of Claude ROBERT dit BRETON and Françoise POUPARDEAU dite COTTRET.

Simon RATIER dit RAYMOND died 21 January 1810 in Nicolet, 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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