Alexis-Methode
BERARD dit LÉPINE
(b.
8 September 1804
,
Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
d.
12 October 1854
,
Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East
)
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Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE was born 8 September 1804 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada
Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE was the child of Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LÉPINE and Genevieve LAFERRIERE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BERARD dit LEPINE and Marguerite DESHAIES (maternal) Andre AURE dit LAFERRIERE and Geneviève LAVENTURE dite MADRANSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis-Methode married Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE 12 May 1828 in Saint-Cuthbert, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Geneviève SYLVESTRE was born 14 March 1807 in Saint-Cuthbert, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève died 29 January 1880 in Saint-Barthélemy, Québec, Canada. Marie-Geneviève was the child of François SYLVESTRE and Felicite LEBEAU.
Alexis-Methode BERARD dit LÉPINE died 12 October 1854 in Saint-Barthélemy, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Alexis-Methode 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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