Felicite
DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE
(b.
5 December 1748
,
Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
d.
17 May 1812
,
La Malbaie, Lower Canada
)
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Felicite DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE was born 5 December 1748 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada, New France
Felicite DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE was the child of Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Anne THIBAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques DUCHESNE dit LAPIERRE and Elisabeth PETIT (maternal) Francois-Xavier THIBAULT and Madeleine POULINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Felicite married Jean-Baptiste GAGNE 14 November 1774 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Jean-Baptiste GAGNE was born abt. 1750 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Jean-Baptiste died 20 April 1800 in La Malbaie, Québec, Canada (Murray Bay) (Saint-Etienne-de-la-Malbaie) (Saint-Fidèle) (Pointe-au-Pic). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Jacques GAGNÉ and Marie-Marthe SIMARD.
Felicite DUCHESNE dite LAPIERRE died 17 May 1812 in La Malbaie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Felicite 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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