Marie-Anne PHOCAS dite RAYMOND

(b. abt. 1755 , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 January 1791 , Kamouraska, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Anne PHOCAS dite RAYMOND was born abt. 1755 in Québec Province, Canada

Marie-Anne PHOCAS dite RAYMOND was the child of Pierre PHOCAS dit RAYMOND and Marie-Anne DANCOSSE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Romain RAYMOND dit PHOCAS and Thérèse ST-PIERRE (maternal) Pierre DANCOSSE and Marie-Françoise DUVAL

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Marie-Anne married Joseph-Amable MICHAUD 7 February 1780 in Rivière-Ouelle, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph-Amable MICHAUD was born 9 November 1760 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph-Amable died 17 January 1804 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph-Amable was the child of Jacques MICHAUD and Marie-Josephte OUELLET.

Marie-Anne PHOCAS dite RAYMOND died 12 January 1791 in Kamouraska, 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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