Marie-Reine
DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS
(b.
6 January 1766
,
La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
9 June 1836
,
Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower Canada
)
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Marie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS was born 6 January 1766 in La Pocatière, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS was the child of Joseph BOURGELAS and Brigitte-Dorothée DESSAINT dite ST-PIERRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre BOURGELAS and Dorothee BOUCHER (maternal) Jacques ST-PIERRE dit DESSAINT and Thérèse-Françoise BOUCHER dite CHAURETSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Marie-Reine married Joseph-Prisque BOUCHARD 7 March 1791 in Kamouraska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Joseph-Prisque BOUCHARD was born 4 October 1768 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre). Joseph-Prisque died 6 March 1856 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Québec, Canada. Joseph-Prisque was the child of Prisque BOUCHARD and Marie-Josephe SAUCIER.
Marie-Reine DEGENNES dite BOURGELAS died 9 June 1836 in Saint-Pascal, Kamouraksa, Lower 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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