Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU

(b. 27 June 1808 , Saint-Ours, Lower Canada d. , )

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Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU was born 27 June 1808 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Charlotte CARDIN dite LOISEAU was the child of Jean-Baptiste LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Marie DUHAMEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Alexis LOISEAU dit CARDIN and Geneviève CHEVALIER (maternal) Pierre DUHAMEL and Marie-Marguerite DUPRÉ

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Charlotte married Abraham DUFAULT 19 September 1831 in Sorel, Lower Canada . Abraham DUFAULT was born 5 October 1811 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Abraham died 23 January 1897 in Saint-Guillaume, Québec, Canada (Saint-Guillaume-d'Upton). Abraham was the child of Pierre DUFAULT and Elisabeth ST-MARTIN.

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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