Victoire PICHET dite DUPRÉ

(b. 11 April 1818 , Sorel, Lower Canada d. , )

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Victoire PICHET dite DUPRÉ was born 11 April 1818 in Sorel, Lower Canada

Victoire PICHET dite DUPRÉ was the child of François PICHET dit DUPRÉ and Angélique BAUDREAU dite GRAVELINE (BEAUDREAU) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph PICHET dit DUPRÉ and Marie-Josephe BOUVIER (maternal) Pierre BAUDREAU dit GRAVELINE (BEAUDREAU) and Marie-Josephe EMERY dite CODERRE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Victoire married Joseph DUVAL 26 October 1841 in Sorel, Canada East . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph DUVAL was born 4 March 1819 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Joseph died 23 May 1898 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA. Joseph was the child of Joseph DUVAL and Marie-Angélique GIARD.

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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