Joseph
GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN
(b.
25 May 1793
,
Boucherville, Lower Canada
d.
13 January 1878
,
Lacolle, Québec, Canada
)
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Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was born 25 May 1793 in Boucherville, Lower Canada
Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN was the child of Louis GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN and Marie-Madeleine QUINTIN dite DUBOIS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre GAUTHIER and Marie-Veronique LAPORTE (maternal) Joseph QUINTIN dit DUBOIS and Marie-Louise PETIT dite LAPRÉSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Louise BOULRICE 18 July 1825 in L'Acadie, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Louise BOULRICE was born 9 September 1807 in L'Acadie, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marguerite-de-Blairfindie). Marie-Louise died 30 August 1885 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada (Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle).
Joseph GAUTHIER dit ST-GERMAIN died 13 January 1878 in Lacolle, Québec, Canada .
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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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