Madeleine
LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER
(b.
12 September 1774
,
Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
,
)
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Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was born 12 September 1774 in Montmagny, Province of Québec, Canada
Madeleine LEFEBVRE dite BOULANGER was the child of Augustin LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Marie Madeleine POIRIER and the grandchild of: (paternal) Joseph LEFEBVRE dit BOULANGER and Geneviève LAURENDEAU (maternal) Bernard POIRIER and Madeleine MICHEL dite LARUINESpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Madeleine married Pierre FOURNIER 17 October 1792 in Montmagny, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Pierre FOURNIER was born 1 February 1772 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre died 4 March 1835 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada (Saint-Thomas) (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire). Pierre was the child of Thomas FOURNIER and Madeleine-Regis MOREL dite LADURANTAYE.
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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