Marie-Louise
TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE
(b.
24 December 1772
,
Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
5 March 1828
,
Lotbinière, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE was born 24 December 1772 in Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE was the child of Antoine TOUSIGNANT dit LAPOINTE and Marie-Catherine GAURON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine TOUSIGNANT and Therese BEAUDET (maternal) Joseph GAURON and Marie-Anne ROY dite PORTELANCESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Louise married Michel GROLEAU 23 April 1792 in Deschambault, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Michel GROLEAU was born 18 October 1766 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Michel died 25 September 1849 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis). Michel was the child of Pierre-Joseph GROLEAU and Marie-Isabelle FRENET (FRENETTE).
Marie-Louise TOUSIGNANT dite VAUDREUILLE died 5 March 1828 in Lotbinière, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marie-Louise 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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