Joseph
FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE
(b.
19 August 1747
,
Verchères, Canada, New France
d.
11 June 1814
,
Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada
)
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Joseph FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE was born 19 August 1747 in Verchères, Canada, New France
Joseph FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE was the child of Joseph-Marie FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE and Marthe LEDOUX and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE and Marie-Anne-Jeanne LUSSIER (maternal) Pierre LEDOUX and Madeleine CHARRONSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Joseph married Marie-Anne DANSEREAU 19 October 1767 in Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DANSEREAU was born 30 January 1749 in Verchères, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-Xavier-de-Vercheres). Marie-Anne died 6 March 1823 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Anne was the child of Joseph DANSEREAU and Marie-Anne-Zephirine BOISSEAU.
Joseph FOISY dit FRESNIÈRE died 11 June 1814 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada .
Details of the family tree of Joseph 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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