Joseph-Marie LEPAGE dit ROY

(b. 1 December 1760 , Québec Province, Canada d. 27 January 1831 , Châteauguay, Lower Canada )

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Joseph-Marie LEPAGE dit ROY was born 1 December 1760 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph-Marie LEPAGE dit ROY was the child of Jacques-Joseph LEPAGE and Marie-Josephe POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques LEPAGE and Marie DARVEAU (maternal) Jean POIRIER and Marguerite JARRY

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Joseph-Marie married Jeanne MALLET (MAILLET) 27 November 1787 in Châteauguay, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Jeanne MALLET (MAILLET) was born abt. 1765 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jeanne died 15 May 1797 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay) . Jeanne was the child of Jean-Baptiste MALLET (MAILLET) and Marie-Louise LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS.

Joseph-Marie LEPAGE dit ROY died 27 January 1831 in Châteauguay, 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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