Marguerite
BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME
(b.
12 October 1757
,
La Prairie, Canada, New France
d.
16 May 1827
,
La Prairie, Lower Canada
)
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Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME was born 12 October 1757 in La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME 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):
Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE 29 January 1776 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jean-Baptiste MARIER dit STE-MARIE was born 16 June 1750 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste died 10 August 1831 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Jean-Baptiste was the child of Louis MARIER dit STE-MARIE and Marie-Madeleine MARCIL (MARSIL).
Marguerite BEAUVAIS dite ST-GEMME died 16 May 1827 in La Prairie, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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