Thérèse
GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN
(b.
28 June 1804
,
Boucherville, Lower Canada
d.
12 December 1838
,
Boucherville, Lower Canada
)
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Thérèse GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was born 28 June 1804 in Boucherville, Lower Canada
Thérèse GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN was the child of Joseph-Paul GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Exupere HUET dite DULUDE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marguerite CHARRON (maternal) Joseph HUET dit DULUDE and Exupere LOISEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thérèse married Charles MCDUFF 21 August 1821 in Boucherville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Charles MCDUFF was born 9 February 1795 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes). Charles died December 1885 in Ste-Julie, Vercheres, Quebec, Canada. Charles was the child of Charles MCDUFF and Marie-Angélique MORARD dite LAFORME.
Thérèse GAUTHIER dite ST-GERMAIN died 12 December 1838 in Boucherville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Thérèse 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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