Abraham
DUGAS dit COIGNET
(b.
abt. 1616
,
St Anne D'auray, Bretagne, France
d.
abt. 1698
,
Port Royal, Acadia
)
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Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET was born abt. 1616 in St Anne D'auray, Bretagne, France
Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET was the child of ? and ?Abraham was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1640.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Abraham married Marguerite DOUCET abt. 1647 . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marguerite DOUCET was born abt. 1625 in France. Marguerite died 19 December 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS?.
Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET died abt. 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Occupation
Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET was a armurier du roy, cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET was a armurier du roy, cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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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