Alexis
LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME
(b.
16 August 1774
,
Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
8 September 1833
,
Louiseville, Lower Canada
)
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Alexis LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME was born 16 August 1774 in Maskinongé, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME was the child of Charles LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Marie-Antoinette BILLY dite ST LOUIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) François LEMAITRE dit AUGER and Charlotte GUIGNARD (maternal) Joseph BILLY dit ST-LOUIS and Angelique LABRECHE dite DEZIELSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Marie-Josephte LAMIRANDE dite CHEVALIER 29 January 1798 in Louiseville, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Josephte LAMIRANDE dite CHEVALIER was born 10 April 1768 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Josephte died 19 June 1847 in Louiseville, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup). Marie-Josephte was the child of Joseph DULIGNON dit LAMIRANDE CHEVALIER and Marie Anne SAVOIE.
Alexis LEMAITRE dit DUHAIME died 8 September 1833 in Louiseville, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Alexis 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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