Jean-François
RAINVILLE dit MIRET
(b.
7 December 1771
,
Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
19 September 1833
,
Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada
)
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Jean-François RAINVILLE dit MIRET was born 7 December 1771 in Beauport, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada
Jean-François RAINVILLE dit MIRET was the child of Paul-Vincent RAINVILLE dit MIRET and Marie-Louise MAGNAN and the grandchild of: (paternal) Paul RAINVILLE and Helene-Felicite HUPPE (maternal) Jean-Francois MAGNAN dit MIGNIER and Louise-Agnes LEROUXSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean-François married Marie-Dorothee CARREAU 28 January 1799 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Dorothee CARREAU was born 27 July 1781 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada (Pointe-Olivier). Marie-Dorothee died 30 December 1826 in Marieville, Rouville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir). Marie-Dorothee was the child of Joseph CARREAU and Dorothee LOISEL (LOISELLE).
Jean-François RAINVILLE dit MIRET died 19 September 1833 in Marieville, Rouville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jean-François 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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