Thomas
LAJOIE dit GUERIN
(b.
26 August 1820
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
d.
6 March 1901
,
New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Thomas LAJOIE dit GUERIN was born 26 August 1820 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
Thomas LAJOIE dit GUERIN was the child of Joseph LAJOIE and Judith BELANGER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GUERIN dit LAJOIE (GERIN) and Marie-Theotiste BOUCHER (maternal) Felix BELANGER and Angelique PERRAULTSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Marie-Apolline ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ 6 September 1842 in Sainte-Rosalie, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marie-Apolline ROIREAU dite LALIBERTÉ was born 11 January 1821 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Apolline was the child of Urbain ROIREAU dit LALIBERTÉ and Françoise GUERTIN.
Thomas LAJOIE dit GUERIN died 6 March 1901 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.
Details of the family tree of Thomas 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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