Alexis
DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE
(b.
31 May 1771
,
Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
d.
15 April 1858
,
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East
)
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Alexis DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE was born 31 May 1771 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada
Alexis DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE was the child of Joseph-Alexis DUTEAU and Marguerite SAVOIE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Charles DUTEAU and Françoise DUVAL (maternal) Honore SAVOIE and Marie Anne COMEAUSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexis married Madeleine GRONDIN 23 July 1798 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Madeleine GRONDIN was born 19 December 1774 in Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) . Madeleine died 9 April 1825 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Madeleine was the child of Joseph-Marie GRONDIN and Marie-Josephte HOUDE.
Alexis DUTEAU dit TOURVILLE died 15 April 1858 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada East .
Details of the family tree of Alexis 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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