Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE

(b. abt. 1740 , Québec Province, Canada d. 31 August 1824 , La Durantaye, Lower Canada )

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Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was born abt. 1740 in Québec Province, Canada

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE was the child of Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Marie-Madeleine DENIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Louis CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE and Catherine DUMAS (maternal) Charles DENIS dit LAPIERRE and Marie-Madeleine PICHET

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Joseph married Marie-Françoise ROY 9 February 1767 in Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise ROY was born abt. 1747 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie-Françoise died 31 October 1807 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada. Marie-Françoise was the child of Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE.

Joseph CAUCHON dit LAVERDIÈRE died 31 August 1824 in La Durantaye, Lower 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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