Antoine
ARPIN dit POTVIN
(b.
2 July 1771
,
Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
2 December 1834
,
Saint-Ours, Lower Canada
)
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Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was born 2 July 1771 in Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada
Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN was the child of Antoine-Marie ARPIN dit POTVIN and Charlotte CHAPDELAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre-Charles-Antoine HERPIN (ARPIN) dit POITEVIN and Marie-Brigitte EMERY dite CODERRE (maternal) Jean-Baptiste CHAPDELAINE dit LARIVIÈRE and Marie-Charlotte COUTU (COTTU)Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Antoine married Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE 25 September 1797 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise CAUCHON dite LAMOTHE was born 31 July 1779 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Françoise died 24 July 1824 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception). Françoise was the child of Paul COCHON (CAUCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marie-Anne LEGARE.
Antoine ARPIN dit POTVIN died 2 December 1834 in Saint-Ours, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Antoine 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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