Marie-Josette
ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS
(b.
17 January 1761
,
Québec Province, Canada
d.
6 August 1814
,
Québec Province, Canada
)
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Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS was born 17 January 1761 in Québec Province, Canada
Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS was the child of Dominique-Raphael BEAUVAIS and Marguerite LEFEBVRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph BEAUVAIS and Jeanne DEMERS (maternal) Pierre LEFEBVRE dit ST-JEAN and Marguerite MOQUINSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Josette married Joseph-Marie MOQUIN 11 October 1779 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Marie MOQUIN was born 4 February 1756 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Marie died 8 September 1834 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Joseph-Marie was the child of François-Antoine MOQUIN and Marguerite PINSONNEAULT.
Marie-Josette ST-GEMME dite BEAUVAIS died 6 August 1814 in Québec Province, Canada.
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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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