Victor GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN

(b. 5 April 1853 , Saint-Jude, Canada East d. 5 October 1935 , Saint-Bernard-Partie-Sud, Quebec, Canada )

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Victor GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN was born 5 April 1853 in Saint-Jude, Canada East

Victor GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Joseph GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Honora LACHAMBRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN and Reine JOLY (maternal) Romain LACHAMBRE and Marie-Catherine ALLARD

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Victor married Parmelie PAQUN 28 February 1876 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Parmelie PAQUN was born 3 January 1858 in Saint-Jude, Québec, Canada. Parmelie died 26 December 1928 in St Bernard De Michaulville, St Hyacinthe-Rouville, Quebec, Canada. Parmelie was the child of Paul PAQUIN and Marcelline PHANEUF.

Victor GAZAILLE dit ST-GERMAIN died 5 October 1935 in Saint-Bernard-Partie-Sud, Quebec, Canada.
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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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