Charles LONGCHAMP dit GOURDEL

(b. abt. 1800 , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 April 1873 , Le Bic, Quebec, Canada )

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Charles LONGCHAMP dit GOURDEL was born abt. 1800 in Québec Province, Canada

Charles LONGCHAMP dit GOURDEL was the child of Charles GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Angélique GAGNÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GOURDEL dit LONGCHAMP and Marie-Charlotte DOMPIERRE (maternal) Jean-Marie GAGNÉ and Charlotte DESTROISMAISONS dite PICARD

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Charles married Antoinette LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER 4 October 1831 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoinette LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 12 June 1806 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Antoinette died 16 March 1856 in Le Bic, Quebec, Canada. Antoinette was the child of Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie-Angelique TALBOT dite GERVAIS.

Charles LONGCHAMP dit GOURDEL died 29 April 1873 in Le Bic, Quebec, 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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