Toussaint
THUOT dit DUVAL
(b.
26 August 1784
,
La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
31 May 1855
,
Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East
)
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Toussaint THUOT dit DUVAL was born 26 August 1784 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada
Toussaint THUOT dit DUVAL was the child of Toussaint THUOT dit DUVAL and Marie BETOURNAY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pascal THUOT and Josephe TRUDEAU (maternal) Vincent BETOURNAY and Agnes MARCILSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Toussaint married Théotiste LOISEAU 4 June 1833 in Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada . Théotiste LOISEAU was born 21 December 1804 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Théotiste was the child of Joseph-Amable LOISEAU and Louise MONGEAU.
Toussaint THUOT dit DUVAL died 31 May 1855 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Le Haut-Richelieu, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Toussaint 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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