Jacques
GODEFROY dit CHATEAU
(b.
29 September 1732
,
St Eugène, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
d.
23 May 1824
,
Sorel, Lower Canada
)
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Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU was born 29 September 1732 in St Eugène, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jacques married Marie-Marguerite DIDIER 3 November 1768 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Marguerite DIDIER was born 22 February 1747 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Marie-Marguerite died 12 June 1818 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Jean DIDIER and Marie-Josephe RONDEAU.
Jacques GODEFROY dit CHATEAU died 23 May 1824 in Sorel, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Jacques 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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