Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE

(b. abt. 1745 , Québec Province, Canada d. 5 September 1813 , Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Lower Canada )

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Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE was born abt. 1745 in Québec Province, Canada

Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE was the child of Nicolas Noel RÉAL dit DROUARD and Marie-Anne GALARNEAU and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jacques GALARNEAU and Marguerite PANNETON

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Genevieve married Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN 4 August 1766 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques CATUDAL dit ST-JEAN was born 20 August 1735 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly). Jacques died 18 April 1790 in Beloeil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil). Jacques was the child of Jean-Baptiste CATUDAL and Angélique SABOURIN dite CHAUNIERE.

Genevieve REAL dite VILLEMERE died 5 September 1813 in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, 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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