Marguerite
LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS
(b.
26 August 1796
,
Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada
d.
abt. 1856
,
Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East
)
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Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was born 26 August 1796 in Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Lower Canada
Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS was the child of Antoine LEGAULT dit DESLAURIERS and Eulalie-Angelique IMBEAULT and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pascal-Amable LEGAULT and Suzanne PARENT (maternal) Jacques IMBEAULT dit MASTA and Marie-Josephte MIVILLE dite DESCHÊNESSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marguerite married Joachim BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR 1 May 1820 in Saint-Benoît, Mirabel, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joachim BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR was born 2 October 1790 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada. Joachim died 15 September 1878 in Ste-Marguerite, Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada. Joachim was the child of Michel BIROLEAU dit LAFLEUR and Ursule SAUVE.
Marguerite LEGAULT dite DESLAURIERS died abt. 1856 in Sainte-Scholastique, Mirabel, Canada East.
Details of the family tree of Marguerite 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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